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During his absence Segimerus was declared a coward by other Germanic chieftains because he had bowed down to Roman rule – a crime punishable by death under Germanic law.

Between 11 BCE and 4 CE the hostility and suspicion between the Germanic tribes deepened.

Trade and politics between the Germanic warlords deteriorated.

According to German philologist Maximilian Ihm ( 1863 – 1909 ), Tacitus writes that the Chatti were hostile and subjugated the Cherusci but were " pacified " between 4 and 6 CE.

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, the Cherusci were defeated by the Chatti but this also gives no date.

Velleius Paterculus reported that in the years 1 – 4 CE there was unrest in Germania ( immensum bellum, immense war ).