Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakati pa14 na16 AD, Germanicus akatungamirira mabasa okuranga muGermany, achirwa naArminius kuti aite mutsimba muhondo yePontes Longi uye akamukunda kaviri (maererano naTacitus): kutanga mu
Hondo yeIdistaviso uye gare gare muhondo yeAngrivarian Wall. Muna AD 15, mauto eRoma akakwanisa kubatazve rimwe remakondo matatu emagondo akarasika muHondo yeTeutoburg Forest. Muna AD 16, gondo rechipiri rakawanwa. Tiberius akaramba chikumbiro chaGermanicus kuti atange kumwe kurwisa kwe AD 17, zvisinei, achinge afunga kuti muganhu neGermania waizomira parwizi Rhine. Panzvimbo pezvo, akapa Germanicus rukudzo rwokukunda nokuda kwokukunda kwake kuviri. Gondo rechitatu reRoma rakadzorerwa muna 41 AD naPublius Gabinius, pasi pomubati Claudius. Arminius akatarisanawo nechishoro chaibva kuna vamwene vake navamwe vatungamiriri veGermany vaitsigira Roma. Munun'una wake Flavus, uyo akanga arerwa pamwe chete naye muRoma, akaramba akavimbika kuUmambo hweRoma uye akarwa pasi paGermanicus achirwisana naArminius muHondo yeIdistaviso. Nokuguma kwokutyisidzira kweRoma, hondo yakatanga pakati paArminius naMarbod, mambo weMarcomanni. Yakaguma naMarbod achitizira kuRavenna uye kudzivirirwa neRoma, asi Arminius akakundikana kupinda mu"kudzivirirwa kwechisikigo" kweBohemia, uye hondo yakaguma nokusafamba zvakanaka.