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Rome's Greatest Defeat - Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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Rome's Greatest Defeat - Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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Over four days at the beginning of September 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. From the moment
of the Teutoburg Forest disaster, the Rhine, rather than the Elbe
as the Romans had hoped, became the limit of the civilized world.
Rome's expansion in northern Europe was checked and Rome anxiously
patrolled the Rhineland borders, awaiting further uprisings from
Germania. Although one of the most significant and dramatic battles
in European history, this is also one that has been largely
overlooked. Drawing on primary sources and a vast wealth of new
archeological 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.
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