The Varusschlacht-Museum (Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Museum) in Kalkriese. *Tiberius rejected the offer of a Chattan (see chatti) chief to poison him in 19, but he was soon killed by his own kinsfolk. How could a certain Arminius beat him and his legions so devastatingly. Zu beachten bleibt dabei, dass die antiken Schriften - allesamt von Romern oder Griechen verfasst - nur wenige gesicherte Informationen liefern. In 17, helped by the Semnones and Langobardi, he weakened the neutral king *Maroboduus but was deserted by his uncle Inguiomerus when he aspired to kingship, he faced rebellion. Die historischen Fakten Die Beantwortung dieser Fragen erfordert zunachst, die uberlieferten Fakten zur Person des Arminius und zur Varusschlacht wiederzugeben. In 16, though beaten by Germanicus and wounded, Arminius again thwarted Roman expansion. Segestes was helped by *Germanicus and Thusnelda fell into Roman hands. In 15 he fought Segestes, leader of the pro-Roman faction, whose daughter Thusnelda he had married. 3 the site of the battle has been established by archaeological finds in the neighbourhood of Kalkriese near Osnabrück) and destroyed them. Ich verstehe die Varusschlacht zwar, aber ich verstehe nicht, wie sie spter nach so vielen Jahren wieder wichtig wurde. *Quinctilius Varus with three legions into difficult country near the saltus *Teutoburgiensis between Ems and Weser (Tac. We have taken a keen interest in the Varusschlacht ever since Tony Clunn discovered the Kalkriese site of Arminius battlefield (and. Hey, ich schreibe bald Klausur in Geschichte. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education. He had Roman citizenship, and served long in the auxiliary forces, attaining equestrian rank. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varuss auxilia. 19 bce, war-chief of the *Cherusci, son of Sigimer.