Segestes
A Cheruscan chieftain, the opponent of Arminius. He warned the Roman general, Varus, of the
movements of Arminius, but the warning was disregarded. (See
Arminius;
Varus.) In B.C. 14,
Segestes was forced by his followers into a war with the Romans, but afterwards made peace
with them and was allowed to live at Narbonne for the rest of his life (
Tac. Ann. i. 55-59;
Flor. iv.
12).