Battle o the Teutoburg Forest
Pairt o the Roman-Germanic wars
Cenotaph o Marcus Caelius , 1st centurion o XVIII , who "fell in the war o Varus" ( bello Variano ). Reconstructit inscription: "Tae Marcus Caelius, son o Titus, o the Lemonian destrict, frae Bologna, first centurion o the aichteenth legion. 53½ year auld. He fell in the Varian War. His bones mey be interred here. Publius Caelius, son o Titus, o the Lemonian destrict, his brither, erectit (this monument)." [1]
Date circa September, 9 C.E. Location Osnabruck Coonty, Lawer Saxony Result Decisive Germanic victory. Roman Empire's strategic widrawal frae Magna Germania .
Belligerents
Germanic tribes ( Cherusci , Marsi , Chatti , Bructeri , Chauci an Sicambri )	Roman Empire
Commanders an leaders
Arminius	Publius Quinctilius Varus   †
Strenth
Unkent, but estimates range frae 12,000–32,000.	20,000–max.36,000: 3 Roman legions ( XVII , XVIII /XIIX, and XIX /XVIIII); 3 alae ; 6 auxiliary cohorts .
Casualties an losses
Unkent.	16,000 [2] tae 20,000 dead [3] Some ithers enslaved.

The Battle o the Teutoburg Forest ( German : Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald , Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht ), describit as clades Variana (the Varian disaster ) bi Roman historians, teuk place in 9 CE , when an alliance o Germanic tribes led bi Arminius o the Cherusci ambushed an decisively destroyed three Roman legions an thair auxiliaries, led bi Publius Quinctilius Varus .

Despite several successfu campaigns an raids bi the Roman airmy in the years efter the battle, thay never again attemptit tae conquer Germania territory east o the Rhine River.

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