The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varian Disaster by Roman historians, was a major battle fought between an alliance of Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire between 8 and 11 Septemb
Cenotaph of Marcus Caelius, 1st centurion of XVIII, who "fell in the war of Varus" (bello Variano).
Invasions of Drusus I in 12–8 BCE
Invasions of Tiberius and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in c. 3 BCE – CE 6
Modern Kalkriese, likely site of the battle
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Arminius was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions unde
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
…with an ambush by the Germanic alliance on three Roman legions being led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries; the alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic chieftain and officer of Varus's auxilia. Arminius had received Roman citizenship and a Roman military education, thus allowing him to…
Statue of Arminius at the Hermannsdenkmal monument
Relatives of Arminius
Varusschlacht, Otto Albert Koch (1909)
View over the Teutoburg Forest