Bructeri

There was not a wound among our soldiers who cut down a half-asleep or unarmed or a straggling foe.

The Bructeri, Tubantes, and Usipetes were roused by this slaughter, and they beset the forest passes through which our army had to return.

The general knew this, and he marched, prepared both to advance and to fight.

Part of the cavalry and some of the auxiliary cohorts led the van.

This language roused not only the Cherusci, but the neighboring tribes, and drew to their side Inguiomerus, the uncle of Arminius, who had long been respected by the Romans.

This increased Caesar's alarm.

That the war might not burst in all its fury at one point, he sent Caecina through the Bructeri to the river Amisia with forty Roman cohorts to distract the enemy, while the cavalry was led by its commander Paedo through the territories of the Frisii.

Germanicus himself put four legions on shipboard and conveyed them through the lakes, and the infantry, cavalry, and fleets met simultaneously at the river already mentioned.

But the lucky son isn't always the eldest, it's the one who shows the most promise as a soldier.

Once upon a time, the Bructeri used to live next to the Tencteri, but nowadays their spot's taken by the Chamavi and Angrivarii.

The Bructeri got their butts handed to them and were almost wiped out by a bunch of neighboring tribes teaming up against them.

Could be that they were too bossy and folks got fed up, or maybe their neighbors just wanted to snatch their stuff.

Who knows? But hey, the gods were in a giving mood and even let us watch the show.