The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest – AD 9

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the Varian Disaster) In AD 9, a confederation of Germanic tribes acted in unison to ambush and annihilate 3 Roman legions marching in the Teutoburg Forest, in the eastern portion of modern-day German. This massive defeat of the ambushed Romans is also know as the Varian Disaster. It took … Read more