Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

When the Roman’s entered the Teutoburg Forest, heavy rains began to fall that along with rough terrain and a primitive road caused the column to stretch between nine and twelve miles. It was during this time, that Arminius returned; not with allies, but leading attacking Germanic troops. The first series of attacks were hit and run strikes. As Arminius knew, the wooded terrain prevented the Romans from forming into formidable defensive formations. Isolated groups of Roman soldiers were overpowered as the Germanic warriors gained local superiority over them. The legions suffered heavy losses, but were able to construct a fortified camp for the first night of the…

Ancient battles can make for dramatic, interesting parts of history. Archeologists expend countless resources finding the locations of these battles, excavating the remains, and validating the stories. For example, Herodotus tells of the Battle of Marathon where 192 hoplites died and were buried in a mound still visible today. When archeologists investigated the mound , they found 192 skeletons. Archeology is rarely this easy, as seen when looking into the history of the Battle in Toutenburg…

agreed that Germanicus' campaign was driven by revenge, his desire to rally the troops around him and, as a symbol of their personal loyalty to him and to Rome, the retrieval of the Standards. He massacred as many of the indigenous people as he could in retribution for the Roman defeat and recovered two of the three Standards lost in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. While the people of Rome applauded his victories, he was denied advancement by Tiberius for acting outside of the established policy…

But it is purely propaganda for the principate that Augustus instituted during his reign. Never does he mention any of his failures. One of his failures occurred near the end of his life. Augustus never set up a clear inheritance of the throne. He never specifically laid out who should succeed him. This led to many issues since there was no clear successor. He also fails to mention his largest military disaster in Roman history, the Battle of Teutoburg Forest or the Varian disaster. This battle…

(Greenhill & Staniland 2007). For example, the Roman’s defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Britain’s defeat in the American Revolution, Britain’s loss in the American Revolution, the French in the Peninsular War, the French in Indochina and the Algerian Revolution, U.S. in the Vietnam War, the Soviet Army in the Soviet-Afghan War and Chechnya, and the U.S. in Somalia, are some of the cases that demonstrates strong states losing asymmetrical wars (Cassidy 2000, p.42). However, it is…

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The Provinces also had the presence of an army and a military governor (Morey, par. 11). Throughout and until the end of Augustus’s rule the Roman Empire conquered and expanded their empire from the Rhine and Danube in the north to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, Arabia in the Middle East and the Sahara in North Africa on the South and almost to the Euphrates on the East (Morey, par. 13). The two ethnicities that jeopardized the security of the Roman Empire were the Parthians and the Germans. He…

inquired. “And how large was their force?” Arminius shook his head. “I’m not sure, General Vala, but from their shields and dress, they appeared to be foreign tribesmen from the north and west of the Cherusci.” “So, you’re saying this attack is not some blood-feud between you and Segestes,” Varus said, “and that there’s a rebel force nearby.” “It would appear that way, Governor,” Arminius replied, dutifully. Varus’ face became flushed with anger. “There will be no insurrection in my realm!…

Peter S. Wells, The Battle That Stopped Rome: Reviewed by Kaylin Cline In the "Battle that Stopped Rome" Professor Peter Wells brings to light discoveries in the recent find of one of the most famous and influential battles of the ancient world known as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. This should be a welcome work, the battlefield is the most complete one of its kind ever found, located in a semi-rural area of Germany and undisturbed for two thousand years. Unfortunately rather than stating the…