Roman conquest of Germania

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Roman military operation military campaign

The Roman conquest of Germania was a series of military campaigns during the late first century BC and early first century AD in which the Roman Empire attempted to subdue and annex the Germanic territories east of the Rhine, ultimately failing to establish lasting control beyond the river.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Germanicus’s campaigns in Germania	1
Roman campaigns of Drusus in Germania	1
Roman conquest of Germania canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aftermath	abandonment of plans for full annexation of Germania ⓘ withdrawal of Roman forces to the Rhine ⓘ
cause	Roman ambition to expand into central Europe ⓘ Roman desire to secure the Rhine frontier ⓘ
conflict	Roman–Germanic wars ⓘ
describedIn	Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ works of Tacitus ⓘ Historiae Romanae ⓘ surface form: works of Velleius Paterculus
endTime	early 1st century AD ⓘ
followedBy	Roman defensive policy on the Rhine frontier ⓘ
goal	annexation of Germania east of the Rhine ⓘ subjugation of Germanic tribes ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Roman Empire ⓘ late Roman Republic ⓘ
influenced	Roman frontier policy in Germania Inferior and Germania Superior ⓘ construction of Roman military bases along the Rhine ⓘ
keyYear	12 BC ⓘ 16 AD ⓘ 9 AD ⓘ
location	Germania ⓘ territories east of the Rhine ⓘ
notableCommander	Drusus the Elder ⓘ Germanicus ⓘ Julius Caesar ⓘ Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ
opposingCommander	Arminius ⓘ Segestes ⓘ
opposingForce	Bructeri ⓘ Chatti ⓘ Cherusci ⓘ Suebi ⓘ
participant	Germanic tribes ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Roman expansion ⓘ
result	establishment of the Rhine as the Roman frontier ⓘ failure of permanent Roman annexation east of the Rhine ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ Germanicus’s punitive expeditions in Germania ⓘ Roman conquest of Germania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman campaigns of Drusus in Germania campaigns of Tiberius in Germania ⓘ crossing of the Rhine by Julius Caesar ⓘ
startTime	late 1st century BC ⓘ
under	Augustus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ surface form: Tiberius (emperor)

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Subject: Roman conquest of Germania
Description of subject: The Roman conquest of Germania was a series of military campaigns during the late first century BC and early first century AD in which the Roman Empire attempted to subdue and annex the Germanic territories east of the Rhine, ultimately failing to establish lasting control beyond the river.

Referenced by (3)

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

Nero Claudius Drusus → associatedWith → Roman conquest of Germania ⓘ

Battle of Idistaviso → partOf → Roman conquest of Germania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Germanicus’s campaigns in Germania

Roman conquest of Germania → significantEvent → Roman conquest of Germania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman campaigns of Drusus in Germania