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Varus and forces
Another Cheruscan nobleman, Segestes, brother of Segimerus, father of Arminius ' wife, and opposed to the marriage, warned Varus the night before the departure of the Roman forces, allegedly even suggesting that Varus apprehend Arminius along with several other Germanic leaders whom he identified as covert participants in the planned uprising.
The Germanic warriors then stormed the field and slaughtered the disintegrating Roman forces ; Varus committed suicide.

Varus and three
* 9 – Arminius ' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
* Roman finances become strained following the Danubian insurrection and Varus ' defeat in Germany, where three Roman legions were destroyed.
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht ), described as clades Variana ( the Varian disaster ) by Roman historians, took place in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius of the Cherusci ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions, along with their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.
During the start of the rebellion in the southern part of Illyricum, Varus was named Legatus Augusti pro praetore and had only three legions available.
* The Governor of Syria, Publius Quintilius Varus, assembles three of his four legions, including Legio X Fretensis, and marched down to Jerusalem from Antioch to restore order.
In 9, in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, an army of allied Germanic tribes under the command of Arminius ( the Cherusci, Bructeri, Marsi, Sicambri, Chauci and Chatti ) annihilated three Roman legions commanded by Varus.
Publius Quinctilius Varus ( 46 BC in Cremona, Roman Republic – AD 9 in Germania ) was a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
In 9 AD, Varus had stationed his armies near the Weser River with his three legions, the Seventeenth, the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth, when news arrived of a growing revolt in the Rhine area to the west.
In AD 9, Varus and three legions were lured away to the north to suffer extinction in the Battle of Teutoburg forest.
Without suspecting the information received, Varus took his three legions, the XVIII along with XVII and XIX, and headed west.
Without suspecting the information received, Varus took his three legions, the XVII along with XVIII and XIX, and headed west.
They formed an alliance with the Cherusci, the Marsi, the Chatti, Sicambri, and the Chauci, under the leadership of Arminius, that defeated the Roman General Varus and annihilated his three legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD.
The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin ( Latin: Arminius ) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory in 9 AD over three Roman legions under Varus.
Varus and his three legions subsequently perished in the three-day Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where several allied German tribes under the command of Arminius ambushed them.
They had been part of the tribal coalition of the Cheruscian war leader Arminius that in 9 AD annihilated three Roman legions under Varus in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

Varus and legions
* A Roman army of 50, 000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and recovering the lost eagles of Varus ' legions.
In early 6 CE, before Varus was commander on the Rhine, it was Legatus Gaius Sentius Saturninus and Consul Legatus Marcus Aemilius Lepidus under Tiberius who led an army of 65, 000 heavy infantry legionaries, 10, 000 – 20, 000 cavalrymen, archers, 10, 000 – 20, 000 civilians ( 13 legions & entourage, probably about 100, 000 + men ) and was planning a major attack on Maroboduus, the king of the Marcomanni, a tribe of the Suebi who had fled the attacks of Drusus I in 9 BCE into the territory of the Boii, where they formed a powerful tribal alliance with the Hermunduri, Quadi, Semnones, Lugians, Zumi, Butones, Mugilones, Sibini and Langobards.
The other 2 legions in the winter-quarters of the army at castrum Moguntiacum ( I Germanica, V Larks ) were led by Varus ' nephew Second consul Lucius Nonius Asprenas and perhaps Second consul Lucius Arruntius.
The victory over the legions was followed by a clean sweep of all Roman forts, garrisons and cities — of which there were at least two — east of the Rhine ; the remaining two Roman legions, commanded by Varus ' nephew Lucius Nonius Asprenas, were content to try to hold that river.
"“ (' Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!
The Chatti successfully resisted incorporation into the Roman Empire, joining the Cheruscan war leader Arminius ' coalition of tribes that annihilated Varus ' legions in 9 AD in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
The Germans under Arminius had destroyed 3 Roman legions under Varus at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9.
Not only was Varus ' trust in Arminius a terrible misjudgment, but Varus compounded it by placing his legions in a position where their fighting strengths would be minimized and that of the Germanic tribesmen maximized.
For the time being, the province contained five legions and was under Publius Quinctilius Varus.
Fortunately for Legio I he had not taken his entire command but left two legions in camp under legati or junior officers, Legio I being commanded by a nephew of Varus, Lucius Asprenas.
After the defeat of Varus, Augustus ' adoptive son Tiberius ( brother of Drusus ) assumed command of the army on the Rhine, which was reinforced to eight legions.
Varus accepted the suggestion and went with the XVII, XVIII and XIX legions.

Varus and XVII
* 9, clades Variana, Destruction of the legions XVII, XVIII and XIX by Arminius in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, Suicide of Administrator Varus, Loss of military camps east of the Rhine., Roman Empire is forced to strategically withdraw from Germania.
" A Legion eagle from Varus Defeat, either from the XVII or XVIII, was recovered

Varus and ),
** August 24 – Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in North Africa by the Pompeians under Attius Varus and King Juba I of Numidia ( whom he defeated earlier in the Battle of Utica ), in the Battle of the Bagradas River, and commits suicide.
But in secret he forged an alliance of Germanic tribes that had traditionally been enemies ( the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci, Sicambri, and remaining elements of the Suebi, who had been defeated by Caesar in the Battle of Vosges ), but whom he was able to unite due to outrage over Varus ' tyrannous insolence and wanton cruelty to the conquered and who had hitherto submitted in sullen hatred to the Roman dominion.
* Vipsania Marcella Agrippina ( born 27 BC ), daughter of Claudia Marcella Major and first wife of general Publius Quinctilius Varus
The 55th book contains a considerable gap, while the 56th to the 60th books ( which cover the period from 9 to 54 ), inclusive, are complete and contain the events from the defeat of Varus in Germany to the death of Claudius.
The Defeated Varus ( 2003 ), a sculpture by Wilfried Koch in Haltern am See, Germany.
As Lugdunum I ( RIC 230 ), countermarked " VAR " ( Varus ).
* Saint Varus ( died c. 307 ), early Christian martyr, soldier from Egypt
* Publius Attius Varus ( died 45 BCE ), Roman governor of Africa
* Publius Quinctilius Varus ( 46 BCE – 9 CE ), politician and general of the Roman Empire
* Quinctilius Varus ( c. 1 – 27 ), son of Publius Quinctilius Varus
* Marcus Plancius Varus ( 1st century CE ), politician of the Roman Empire
* Gaius Plancius Varus ( 1st – 2nd century CE ), son of Marcus Plancius Varus and politician of the Roman Empire
In the Battle of the Bagradas River ( 49 BC ), Curio led his army in a bold, uphill attack which swiftly routed Varus ' army and in the process wounded Varus.
His only known siblings were his elder half-sister Claudia Pulchra who married the Roman general and politician Publius Quinctilius Varus and his full sister Valeria, born ca 10 BC who married Lucius Vipstanus Gallus ( ca 15 BC-17 ), Praetor in 17, and had issue.
The family-names of the Licinii are Calvus ( with the agnomina Esquilinus and Stolo ), Crassus ( with the agnomen Dives ), Geta, Lucullus, Macer, Murena, Nerva, Sacerdos, and Varus.
Although he won the Battle of Utica ( 49 BC ), he was eventually defeated by Juba, along with aid from Attius Varus, at the Second Battle of the Bagradas River and fought to his death, along with his army, rather than attempting to flee to his camp.

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