Herminia Gens. A very ancient patrician house at Rome, which appears in the first Etruscan war with the republic, 506 B.C.; vanishes from history in 448.
Hermunduri. One of the most powerful nations of Germany; belonged to the Suevic race. They were for a long time the allies of the Romans; but along with the other German tribes they assisted the Marcomanni in the great war against the Romans in the reign of M. Aurelius. After this time they are rarely mentioned as a separate people, but are included under the general name of Suevi.
Hernici. A people in Latium; belonged to the Sabine race. They inhabited the mountains of the Apennines between the Lake Fucinus and the river Trerus. They were a brave and warlike people, and long offered a formidable resistance to the Romans. They were finally subdued by the Romans in 306 B.C.
Hero. A man of distinguished valor, intrepidity, or enterprise in danger; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great, illustrious, or extraordinary person.
Hero. In mythology, an illustrious man, supposed by the populace to partake of immortality, and after his death to be placed among the gods.
Heroic. Pertaining to, or like, a hero or heroes; as, heroic valor. Becoming a hero; bold; daring; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
Heroic Age. The age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
Heroically. In the manner of a hero; with valor; bravely; courageously; intrepidly; as, the town was heroically defended.
Heroine. A female hero; a woman of a brave spirit. The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action.
Heroism. The qualities of a hero; bravery; courage; intrepidity.