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
Publius Quinctilius Varus
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Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician. Serving under Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire, he is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions in the Battle of t
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
…8 and 11 September 9 CE, possibly near modern Kalkriese. Fighting began 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…
Varus (left, sitting down), engraving from 1714
As Lugdunum I (RIC 230), countermarked "VAR" (Varus)
Lithograph by Swiss painter Martin Disteli depicting Varus falling on his sword during the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 1830s