Clades Variana

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Clades Variana, also known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, was a decisive 9 AD defeat in which Germanic tribes ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions, halting Roman expansion into Germania.

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Label Occurrences
Clades Variana canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ambush ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military defeat ⓘ
aftermath Roman punitive expeditions into Germania ⓘ
suicide of Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
approximateRomanStrength 3 legions plus auxiliaries ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Emperor Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
combatant Germanic tribes ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
commander Arminius ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
date 9 AD ⓘ
GermanicCommander Arminius ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
linked to: Teutoburg Forest

Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald ⓘ
linked to: Teutoburg Forest

Varian Disaster ⓘ
Varusschlacht ⓘ
historicalSource Cassius Dio ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
involvedUnit Legio XIX ⓘ
Legio XVII ⓘ
Legio XVIII ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
location Germania ⓘ
Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
meaningOfName Varian disaster ⓘ
notableFigure Arminius ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
opponent Bructeri ⓘ
Chatti ⓘ
Cherusci ⓘ
Marsii ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ
result Roman defeat ⓘ
decisive Germanic victory ⓘ
halt of Roman expansion into Germania ⓘ
RomanCommander Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
RomanLegionsDestroyed Legio XIX ⓘ
Legio XVII ⓘ
Legio XVIII ⓘ
significance established the Rhine as the frontier of the Roman Empire in the north ⓘ
halted Roman expansion east of the Rhine ⓘ
major turning point in Roman–Germanic relations ⓘ
tacticalType ambush ⓘ
terrain forest ⓘ
marshy ground ⓘ
year 9 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman–Germanic wars → hasPart → Clades Variana ⓘ
Varian Disaster → hasAlternativeName → Clades Variana ⓘ