GERMANIA, ger-ma'-ni-a, a country bounded W. by the Rhine, E. by the Vistilla and the Carpathians, S. by the Danube, N. bythe Baltic and German Ocean. It was called Germanub Magna, or Transrhena'net,orBar'bdra,in con tradistinction to Germania Pri'ma and SIC da, the north and north-east of Gallia Bel gica. Its people, distinguished by their blue eyes, fair complexions, red hair, and tall stature, were divided into many nomad tribes, the three great divisions being Ingavones (on the ocean), Hermiones (in centre), and Istavones (in the east and south). As the Teutooes, they joined the Cimbri against Rome, 553 u.c., and bravely resisted the efforts of Julius C.esar Drusus (r2-9), Varus (A.D. 9), and Ger.
manicus (A.D. 16); they were afterwards en gaged among themselves in a war with the two great confederacies A lemanni and Franci, and in the 4th and ,5th centuries A.D. they ob tained some of the best Roman provinces. GERMANIC17S CESAR, ger-Mg-nir-us cer.e-ar. x. Son of Nero Claudius Driisus and Au gustus's niece Antonia, was adopted by his uncle 'Tiberius, and raised to the highest offices. When his grandfather Augustus died, he was campaigning in Germany, and his soldiers saluted him as emperor, A.D. 14; but he re
fused the title, and quelled the tumults thereby occasioned. He continued the German war, defeated Arminius (16), and received a triumph when recalled to Rome. Tiberius appointed him over the East. His success over the Ar menians aroused the jealousy of Tiberius, who was suspected of having instigated Cn. Piso to poison him at Daphne, near Antioch, ro. His ashes were carried to Italy, amid great popular demonstrations, by his heroic wife Agrippina (z, q v.). Germanicus was distinguished for his learning, benevolence, and talents. One of his sons was the emperor Caligula. 2. Many of the Roman emperors assumed this title from victories, real or pretended, over the Germans. GEROUSIA, gifr-oze-si-a (see SENATUS, GERYON, a monster, offspring of Chrysaor and Callirrh5e, and represented as having three bodies united, or three heads on one body. He reigned in Gades, where his numerous flocks were guarded by Eurythion and the two-headed dog Orthos. Hercules, by Eurystheus's orders, went to Gades, killed Ge ryon, Orthos, and Eurythion, and took away the flocks.