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.
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- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Year of the Four Emperors (68)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)