Thusnelda

Thusnelda statue in Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence.
Thusnelda at the Triumph of Germanicus, by Karl von Piloty, 1873
Hermann and Thusnelda (Tischbein, 1822)

Thusnelda (/ðʌsˈnɛldə/; c. 10 BC – after AD 17) was a Germanic Cheruscan noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania. She was the wife of Arminius. Tacitus and Strabo cite her capture as evidence of both the firmness and restraint of Roman arms.


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