Cherusci

The Cherusci (German: Cherusker) were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the northern Rhine River valley and the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area between present-day Osnabrück and Hanover, during the 1st century BC and 1st century. Subsequently they were absorbed into the tribal confederations of the Franks and Saxons. The name refers to a sword (*xeru-) and *skaz, from Indo-European -skos (Latin -scus). The Proto-Germanic word would probably have been *Xeruskōz.

Cherusci in Give Me Back My Legions!
The Cherusci were one of a number of restless Germanic tribes that Publius Quinctilius Varus needed to pacify in order to bring the province more into the Roman Empire.

Some Cherusci, such as Segestes, were whole-heartedly in favor of becoming Roman. Arminius and his father Sigimerus were not. However, Arminius had learned how to hide his feelings and appear to be a proper Roman.