Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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ambush battle military conflict

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Teutoburg Forest	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ambush ⓘ battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Clades Variana NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ Varian Disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Germanic tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Arminius NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Quinctilius Varus NERFINISHED ⓘ Segestes NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman History by Cassius Dio NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	September 9 AD ⓘ
followedBy	Germanicus’s campaigns in Germania ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	symbol of German nationalism in the 19th century ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Germania NERFINISHED ⓘ Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorial	Hermannsdenkmal monument near Detmold NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFigure	Arminius NERFINISHED ⓘ Germanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Quinctilius Varus NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Bructeri NERFINISHED ⓘ Chatti NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherusci NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsii NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Roman–Germanic wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Roman defeat ⓘ decisive Germanic victory ⓘ
RomanLegionsDestroyed	Legio XIX NERFINISHED ⓘ Legio XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ Legio XVIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Arminius → battleDepicted → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

subject surface form: Arminius (poem)

Cherusci → knownFor → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

Battle of Idistaviso → precededBy → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

Rhine frontier → significantEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Teutoburg Forest

Roman conquest of Germania → significantEvent → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

Arminius → subject → Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ

subject surface form: Arminius (poem)