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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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Arminius was trained as a Roman warrior but led the Germans to victory here.  It was not until 1989 that evidence of the destruction of 3 legions of Romans was discovered.  

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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht), described as clades Variana (the Varian disaster) by Roman historians, took place in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius of the Cherusci ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions, along with their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.

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