05.2 The Battle of The Teutoburg Forest 9 AD, Part 2

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 23 March 2014

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The Roman Empire of Augustus vs an alliance of Germanic tribes.Description of the battle, in which Arminius led his German followers on an ambush which destroyed three Roman legions, and contributed to halting Rome’s expansion into northern Europe.

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0:29.0	Place must be 18 or over. Welcome to a history of Europe, Key Battles, the Battle of the Tutaburg Forest of AD9, Part 2 of 2.
0:55.0	Last week I described the build-up to the battle.
1:00.0	By 86, Rome's conquest of Germania, at least in the West, was progressing well, despite
1:06.0	heavy resistance from local tribes and the shedding of much blood. But in that year, attention was
1:12.7	diverted by a major rebellion which broke out in Illyria in the Balkans. Tiberius, Augustus'
1:20.1	stepson and future emperor, were sent with eight legions to queer the revolt. It was thought in Rome
1:27.2	that this region had already been pacified.
1:29.9	Instead, it took four years of intense fighting to regain authority there, in a war described by
1:34.9	the Roman historian Suetonius as the most difficult conflict faced by Rome since the Punic Wars.
1:43.1	During this period in Germania, Rome left three of its legions,
1:47.5	the 17th, 18th and 19th, numbering about 10,000 elite troops,
1:52.9	led by the experienced 55-year-old commander Publius Quintilius Varus.
1:58.7	The sources are mostly very unflattering of Varus. According to Petoculus, he was, quote,
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