Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was a pivotal 9 AD ambush in which Germanic tribes annihilated three Roman legions, halting Roman expansion into Germania and reshaping the empire’s northern frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ambush ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Clades Variana ⓘ
Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald ⓘ
Varian Disaster ⓘ
belligerent Germanic tribes ⓘ
linked to: Germanic peoples

Roman Empire ⓘ
commander Arminius ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
Segestes ⓘ
consequence establishment of the Rhine as the Roman Empire’s northern frontier ⓘ
halt of Roman expansion east of the Rhine ⓘ
loss of three Roman legions ⓘ
political crisis in Rome ⓘ
reassessment of Roman policy in Germania ⓘ
date 9 AD ⓘ
describedInSource Annals by Tacitus ⓘ
Roman History by Cassius Dio ⓘ
endDate September 9 AD ⓘ
followedBy Germanicus’s campaigns in Germania ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Early Roman Empire
legacy symbol of German nationalism in the 19th century ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
location Germania ⓘ
Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
memorial Hermannsdenkmal monument near Detmold ⓘ
linked to: Hermannsdenkmal
notableFigure Arminius ⓘ
Germanicus ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ
opponent Bructeri ⓘ
Chatti ⓘ
Cherusci ⓘ
Marsii ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ
result Roman defeat ⓘ
decisive Germanic victory ⓘ
RomanLegionsDestroyed Legio XIX ⓘ
Legio XVII ⓘ
Legio XVIII ⓘ
significance major defeat in Roman military history ⓘ
pivotal event in Roman–Germanic relations ⓘ
startDate September 9 AD ⓘ
tacticsUsed ambush ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
terrain forest ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
underRomanEmperor Augustus ⓘ

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

Cherusci → knownFor → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Battle of Idistaviso → precededBy → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Arminius (poem) → subject → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
subject linked to: Arminius
Arminius (poem) → battleDepicted → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
subject linked to: Arminius
Rhine frontier → significantEvent → Battle of Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Roman conquest of Germania → significantEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Hermanns Schlacht → mainSubject → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Hermanns Schlacht → inspiredBy → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Bructeri → participatedIn → Battle of Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Roman Germania → notableEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus → notableEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus → conflict → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus → causeOfDeath → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Publius Quinctilius Varus → killedInMilitaryConflict → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Hermannsdenkmal → commemorates → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Legio XVIII → notableEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Legio XVIII → conflict → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Varian Disaster → hasAlternativeName → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Varusschlacht → hasEnglishName → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Varusschlacht → hasAlternativeName → Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Kalkriese → knownFor → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Kalkriese → associatedWithEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Legio XVII → disbandedAfter → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Legio XVII → battle → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Legio XIX → notableEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Arminius → notableFor → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Arminius → militaryConflict → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
Hermann Monument → commemorates → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ