Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest
by Adrian Murdoch
On This Page
Description
In AD 9 half of Rome's Western army was ambushed in a German forest and annihilated. Three legions, three cavalry units and six auxiliary regiments - some 25,000 men - were wiped out. It dealt a body blow to the empire's imperial pretensions and was Rome's greatest defeat. No other battle stopped the Roman empire dead in its tracks. Although one of the most significant and dramatic battles in European history, this is also one which has been largely overlooked. Drawing on primary sources and show more a vast wealth of new archaeological evidence, Adrian Murdoch brings to life the battle itself, the historical background and the effects of the Roman defeat as well as exploring the personalities of those who took part. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Excellent investigation of the disaster that befell Varus and the 17th, 18th, and 19th legions in Germany 9 A.D.
Mmm, academic.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
4+ Works 289 Members
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Teutoburg Forest, Germania
- Important events
- Reign of Augustus Caesar (27 BCE-01-16 | 14-08-19); Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9)
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 936.302 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499 Germanic regions to 481 and Pannonia
- LCC
- DD123 .M87 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Germany History of Germany History By period Earliest to 481
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 97
- Popularity
- 331,090
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.96)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
