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Definition of Teutones

Teutones
Teuton Teu"ton, n.; pl. E. Teutons, L. Teutones. [L. Teutones, Teutoni, the name of a Germanic people, probably akin to E. Dutch. Cf. Dutch.] 1. One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race. 2. A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.

Meaning of Teutones from wikipedia

- historians have suggested a Celtic origin for the Teutones. The earliest classical writers classified the Teutones as Celts; more generally, they did not distinguish...
- camped separately from the Teutones. The Ambrones were defeated with heavy losses and fled to their Teutonic allies. The Teutones halted their trek south...
- the Teutones and Ambrones battle, staying inside a fortified camp and fighting off their attempts to storm it. Failing to take his camp, the Teutones and...
- migration. In 113 BC the Cimbri-Teutones confederation, led by Boiorix the Cimbric king and Teutobod of the Teutones, defeated the Scordisci. The invaders...
- the Cimbri and the Teutons (Teutones). It ended in defeat, and near disaster, for the Romans. The Cimbri and Teutones left their home lands around the...
- 100 BC, as Rome needed a military leader to defeat the Cimbri and the Teutones, who were threatening Rome. After Marius's retirement, Rome had a brief...
- pivotal role during the Battle of Aquae ****tiae where he surprised the Teutones by attacking them from behind. As consul he crushed a slave revolt in Sicily...
- to be the outstanding characteristic of the Celtic/Germanic called the Teutones: a mad, merciless, berserk rage in battle. The Teutons met with the armies...
- Boiorix became a king of the Cimbri is not known. His people, along with the Teutones, left their homelands around the Baltic Sea in the Jutland peninsula (known...
- Germanic language, while others argue that it was Celtic. Together with the Teutones and the Ambrones, they fought the Roman Republic between 113 and 101 BC...