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LEFT ARMINIUS 261 ARMOR of the most powerful leaders of the dis- contented German nations. He drew Varus, the Roman commander on the Rhine, into that ambuscade in which he and nearly all his troops were slain, and completely baffled Germanicus; but, after having for years withstood the vast power of Rome, Arminius was assassi- nated by one of his own countrymen, in the 37th year of his age, A. D. 19. tween two countries, the latter, limited to particular places, as between two armies or between a besieged fortress and its assailants. The former ordina- rily requires ratification, but the latter is in the power of the commanders of the respective troops. See World War. ARMOR, a word formerly applied to all such contrivances as served to defend HEAVY BLACK LlNe'f§ afiiTTLE LINE ON ARMI5TIC£ DA^ NOV. II. I ^18 THE BATTLE LINE ON ARMISTICE DAY, NOV. 11, 1918. ARMINIUS, JACOBUS, a Protestant divine, born at Oudewater, Holland, 1560, founder of the sect of the Arminians. In his public and private life Arminius has been admired for his moderation. A life of perpetual labor and vexation of mind shortened his days and he died in 1609. ARMISTICE, the term given to a truce or suspension of hostilities between two armies or nations at war, by mutual con- sent. It sometimes occurs owing to the exhaustion of both parties; at other times it is had recourse to with a view to arrange terms of peace. It may be either general or partial; the former, be- the body from wounds or to annoy the enemy. Hence it was divided into two kinds, defensive and offensive. A com- plete suit of defensive armor anciently consisted of a casque or helm, a gorget, cuirass, gauntlets, tasses, brassets, cuishes and covers for the legs, to which the spurs were fastened. This was called armor cap-a-pie, and was worn by cavaliers and men-at-arms. The in- fantry had only part of it, viz., a pot or head-piece, a cuirass and tasses; all of them made light. The horses had ar- mor which covered the head and neck. Of all this equipment of war scarcely anything is now retained except, in a