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The Battle That Stopped Rome

By Wells, Peter S.

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The Battle That Stopped Rome

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In AD 9, a Roman traitor led an army of barbarians who trapped and then slaughtered three entire Roman legions: 20,000 men, half the Roman army in Europe. If not for this battle, the Roman Empire would surely have expanded to the Elbe River, and probably eastward into present-day Russia. But after this defeat, the shocked Romans ended all efforts to expand beyond the Rhine, which became the fixed border between Rome and Germania for the next 400 years, and which remains the cultural border between Latin western Europe and Germanic central and eastern Europe today. This fascinating narrative introduces us to the key protagonists: the emperor Augustus, the most powerful of the Caesars; his general Varus, who was the wrong man in the wrong place; and the barbarian leader Arminius, later celebrated as the first German hero. In graphic detail, based on recent archaeological finds, the author leads the reader through the mud, blood, and decimation that was the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2004-09-01
Publication Date:
2004-09-17
Publisher:
Blue Guides Limited of London
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393326438
ISBN13:
9780393326437
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
245 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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