Ancient Rome · BATTLE SITE · AD 9

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9)

On the Ancient Rome map as “Teutoburg Forest”

Sep AD 9 — Arminius, a Roman-trained Cheruscan, annihilates three legions in the wet forests of Teutoburg. Augustus keeps the Rhine; Germania Magna remains charcoal on this map.

When: Sep AD 9
Type: Battle site
Chapter: Augustus and the Roman Principate (chapter 6 of Ancient Rome)
Atlas: The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476

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Map showing Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (AD 9), battle site in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 — BATTLE SITE · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476

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Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0
Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities: beginning of Roman administration, 30 BC.. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied
Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000).. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied
Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain

After the 30 BC annexation, Egypt is assigned to Roman rule using the source Ptolemaic outline.

Displayed geometry: -30 (s30); chapter framing: -30. The map shows the moment selected for the chapter, even when the chapter spans several events.

proxy: 144–127 BC Pergamene domain reference · reconstruction: 30 BC · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · vector: -31 to -26 · vector: -31 to 0 · vector: -36 to -28 · vector: -36 to 0 · vector: -36 to 22 · vector: -41 to -28 · vector: -42 to 77 · vector: -49 to -28 · vector: -50 to -28 · vector: -63 to -26 · vector: -63 to 113 · vector: -63 to 116 · vector: -63 to 22 · vector: -63 to 59 · vector: -63 to 67 · vector: -630 to 337

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