In 9 AD, Rome suffered one of her most devastating military defeats – an ambush in North-Western Germany that wiped out three legions on the march, in what they believed to be pacified territory.

The research project “Kalkriese as the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest? – an ongoing controversy”, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, has been successfully completed with the submission ...

Clearly and effectively written, Wells' volume --part popular history and part archaeological monograph--recounts one of the most catastrophic military defeats in history: the loss of three Roman ...

In 9 AD, three Roman legions were ambushed and annihilated in a narrow forested pass in northern Germania. Led by the trusted yet deceived governor Varus, the Roman army walked into a devastating trap ...

In northern Germany the Teutoburg Forest is home to many Germanic legends Since the end of the 19th century the statue of Hermann known in Latin as Arminius hero of the Germanic people of the ...