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| Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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Sept 9th, 9 AD : Rome's Greatest Defeat |
| The year was 9AD. Jesus, a young boy, was possibly making his way to Jerusalem with his family. About fifteen-hundred miles away twenty-thousand Roman troops, led by Quinctilius Varus entered a forest called Teutoburg, in what we now know as Germany. That was the last ever heard from Varus and his mighty troops. Twenty-thousand soldiers had mysteriously vanished. More. Labels: roman empire, teutoburg, war |
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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Battle of Teutoborg Forest, AD 9: A Bad Day at the Legion |
| From 9 to 11 September memories of the infamous Battle of Teutoborg Forest in 9 AD were revived, predominantly in Germany, on its 2000th Anniversary. More. Labels: roman empire, teutoburg, war |
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| Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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The Lost Roman Legions |
| Under the leadership of Hermann, the German tribesmen wiped out three Roman Legions, ending Rome's bid to conquer Germany and altering European history permanently. More. Labels: battle, germany, roman empire, teutoburg, war |
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| Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
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Roman 'disaster' that shaped Europe |
| Three days of blood-soaked butchery in the unfamiliar forests of Germany culminated in one of the Roman Empire's darkest moments, and may have helped shape the Europe of today. More. Labels: dig, germany, roman empire, teutoburg |
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| Monday, September 21, 2009 |
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A three-day battle in 30 minutes |
| John Makepeace will make war today — and he’s going to die trying. He’ll be among more than 100 re-enactors reprising a 9 A.D. battle between Roman legions and Germanic barbarians as part of the Hermann Victory Celebration in New Ulm. “The Romans take a hit on this one,” said New Ulmite Makepeace, who not only helped organize the 30-minute re-enactment but plunked down $2,000 for period Roman soldier garb. Labels: battle, roman empire, teutoburg |
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Scholars look at factors surrounding Hermann’s victory |
| NEW ULM - Hermann's Victory Celebration offered something for those thirst for more than Hermann's Brau. On Saturday morning, over 200 people attended a symposium at Martin Luther College, offering academic insights on the battle and its impact on history. Dr. Hans Otto-Friedrich Mueller, the William D. Williams Professor of Classics at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., gave a view of the battle as part of the arc of the history of the Roman Empire. Labels: germany, roman empire, teutoburg |
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| Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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The Positivist Fallacy |
| Like the Everest Fallacy, the Positivist Fallacy can best be introduced with an example. There are four sources for the battle in the Teutoburg Forest (Velleius Paterculus, Tacitus, Florus, and Cassius Dio). Generations of scholars have written about the clash and have, considering the battle to have been decisive, argued that (a) the Romans were forced to accept the Rhine as their frontier, (b) the limes was created, (c) Germany remained unoccupied, and (d) this caused an antagonism between Romans/Franks/French and Germans that would continue to influence European history for centuries to come. Labels: germany, roman empire, scholar, teutoburg |
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| Monday, September 14, 2009 |
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Teutoburg Forest: The Battle That Saved the West |
September, 9 A.D., Kalkriese Hill, northern Germany: the Germanic warriors waited in grim silence. Three Roman legions, commanded by General Publius Quintilius Varus, advanced across the Rhine into Anglo-Saxon territory. The Romans hoped to expand Roman power, Roman law, and Roman culture. The Germans hoped to preserve their Teutonic laws and institutions and their way of life. FollowingLabels: germany, preservation, teutoburg |
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| Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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Rome's Defeat in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest |
Two thousand years ago today, one of the most decisive and devastating battles of Roman times was raging at the northern edge of the empire. The Battle of Teutoburg Forest was to have a pivotal effect on Rome's strategy in central and northern Europe and was probably the deciding factor in keeping the empire's boundaries not much further north than the Danube for the following four centuries.
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| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
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| Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
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A disaster
The year 9 A.D. marks disaster in Roman expansionist policy. Emperor Tiberius had appointed Publius Quinctilius Varus supreme commander of Germania and charged him with establishing the Province of Germania in the conquered lands between the Rhine and the Elbe rivers. But at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Varus suffered devastating defeat at the hands of his opponent, Arminius, and committed suicide. The three decimated legions were never reformed, and Rome withdrew from Germania.
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