or Ansivarii, an ancient people of Germany, situated somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Chauci. All we know of their history is, that, in the reign of the Emperor Nero, they were driven from their own possessions by the Chauci. Being then in a forlorn condition, they took possession of some uninhabited lands, which had been used as pasture for the horses of the Roman soldiers. They were led by one Boiocalus, a man of great valour, and of known fidelity to the Romans. He remonstrated to the Romans, who objected to their taking possession of these lands, That the territory in dispute was large; and requested, that it might be allowed to an unhappy people, driven from their own habitations: that, at the same time, wide tracts might be retained for the horses and cattle of the soldiers to graze in: that it was inconsistent with humanity to famish men in order to feed beasts, &c. and at last, lifting up his eyes to heaven, he asked the celestial luminaries how they could behold a desolate soil, and if they would not more justly let loose the sea to swallow up usurpers, who had engrossed the whole earth? To this the Roman commander, Avitus, replied, that the weakest must submit to the strongest; and that since the gods, to whom they had appealed, had left the sovereign judgment to the Romans, they were resolved to suffer no other judges than themselves. To Boiocalus himself, however, he privately offered lands as a reward for his long attachment to the Romans: but this offer the brave German rejected, as a price for betraying his people; adding, "A place to live in we may want, but a place to die in we cannot." The Anfibarri now invited the neighbouring nations to join them against the Romans; but they, dreading the power of that nation, refused to give them any assistance: upon which they applied to the neighbouring nations, begging leave to settle in their territories; but being everywhere driven out as enemies and intruders, these unhappy people were reduced to wander up and down till every one of them perished.