Battle of Idistaviso

E254683

battle military conflict

The Battle of Idistaviso was a decisive 16 CE clash in which Roman forces under Germanicus defeated the Germanic leader Arminius along the Weser River, temporarily restoring Roman prestige in Germania after the Varian Disaster.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle at Idistaviso plain	1
Battle of Idistaviso canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aim	to punish Germanic tribes for Teutoburg Forest defeat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Idistaviso ⓘ surface form: Battle at Idistaviso plain
belligerent	Germanic tribes ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
campaignObjective	reassert Roman authority in Germania ⓘ
category	Battles involving Germanic tribes ⓘ Battles involving the Roman Empire ⓘ
century	1st century CE ⓘ
chronology	fought during Germanicus’s second major campaign in Germania ⓘ
combatantLeader	Arminius ⓘ surface form: Arminius of the Cherusci Germanicus ⓘ surface form: Germanicus Julius Caesar
commander	Arminius ⓘ Germanicus ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Roman triumphs ⓘ surface form: Roman triumph of Germanicus (17 CE)
conflict	Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ
date	16 CE ⓘ
emperorDuringBattle	Tiberius ⓘ
era	Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Angrivarian Wall ⓘ
GermanicForces	coalition of Germanic tribes ⓘ
GermanicLeader	Arminius ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalSource	Annals by Tacitus ⓘ surface form: Tacitus’s Annals
location	Germania ⓘ near the Weser River ⓘ
opponentOf	Cherusci ⓘ
outcome	defeat of Arminius’s forces ⓘ
partOf	Roman conquest of Germania ⓘ surface form: Germanicus’s campaigns in Germania
precededBy	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
region	Northern Germany ⓘ
relatedEvent	Varian Disaster ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ
river	Weser ⓘ surface form: Weser River
RomanForces	legions under Germanicus ⓘ
RomanProvinceInvolved	Germania Inferior ⓘ Germania Superior ⓘ
significance	Roman revenge for the Varian Disaster ⓘ temporarily restored Roman prestige in Germania ⓘ
strategicEffect	did not lead to permanent Roman occupation east of the Rhine ⓘ
terrain	open plain near a river ⓘ
theatre	Germania ⓘ
year	16 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Roman–Germanic wars → notableBattle → Battle of Idistaviso ⓘ

Battle of Idistaviso → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Idistaviso ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle at Idistaviso plain