Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (In Our Time)
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Roman military disaster of 9 AD when Germanic tribes under Arminius ambushed and destroyed three legions under Varus. According to Suetonius, emperor Augustus hit his head against the wall when he heard the news, calling on Varus to give him back his legions. The defeat ended Roman expansion east of the Rhine. Victor
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- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Reign of Trajan (98)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Reign of Tiberius (14)