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100 1 $aWells, Peter S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80063447
245 14 $aThe battle that stopped Rome :$bEmperor Augustus, Arminius, and the slaughter of the legions in the Teutoburg Forest /$cPeter S. Wells.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $a256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tAmbushed! -- $g2.$tCreation of the Legend -- $g3.$tHistory and Archaeology of the Battle -- $g4.$tAugustus: Rome's First Emperor -- $g5.$tVarus and the Frontier -- $g6.$tArminius: The Native Hero -- $g7.$tWarfare in Early Roman Europe: Prelude to the Battle -- $g8.$tThe Battle -- $g9.$tThe Horror: Death on the Battlefield -- $g10.$tThe Victors' Celebrations -- $g11.$tThe Immediate Outcome -- $g12.$tThe Meaning of the Battle -- $gApp. 1.$tHow an Archaeological Site Is Formed -- $gApp. 2.$tRoman Weapons Found at the Kalkriese Battle Site -- $gApp. 3.$tMuseums, Roman Remains, and Archaeological Parks.
520 1 $a"In A.D. 9, a traitor from the Roman military named Arminius led an army of barbarians who trapped, and then ferociously butchered, three entire Roman legions. The 20,000 soldiers who were cut down represented a quarter of the Roman army stationed north of the Alps. It was a blow from which the empire never recovered." "If not for the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, the Roman Empire would likely have expanded to the Elbe River, and then to the Baltic Sea, and perhaps eastward into present day Russia. However, after this disaster, the weakened and demoralized Romans ended their efforts to push beyond the Rhine River, which thus became the fixed border between Rome and Germania for the next four hundred years. To this day, the Rhine remains the cultural border between Latin western Europe and Germanic central Europe." "This is a tale that could not be told until quite recently because archaeologists, who literally searched for the site of the battle for centuries, found it only fifteen years ago. In the hands of Wells, one of the world's leading archaeologists of ancient Europe, the book accomplishes two goals. First, it tells the story of the watershed battle itself - where and how it was fought, the clever tactics used by the barbarians, and the fatal mistakes made by the over-confident Romans. Second, it surveys life in the Roman Empire and in the lands of its neighbors at its very peak through the prism of the three protagonists. Through Augustus, the most powerful of all the emperors, Wells describes life within the magnificent city of Rome. The trappings of power were everywhere, and the author explains where it all came from. Through Varus, the Roman general who would be the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time, the reader learns about life on the Roman frontier, the border lands between territory held by Rome and those regions controlled by peoples whom the Romans considered barbarians. Through Arminius, the charismatic Germanic chieftain, Wells puts a human face on the barbarians of lore. As a one-time member of the Roman forces, Arminius had witnessed firsthand what conquest by Rome meant. Leaving the Roman army, he returned to his native land and convinced a huge number of his fellow tribesmen to confront the Roman threat. As a result of his resounding success, Arminius was later celebrated as the first German hero." "In the final chapters of the book and in graphic detail, Wells leads the reader through the mud, blood, and slaughter that was the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. He also describes the pagan celebration rituals probably practiced by the victors on their Roman captives - acts well documented in the archaeological evidence from his violent era of Europe's early history."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTeutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134238
600 00 $aArminius,$cPrince of the Cherusci.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79126889
600 10 $aVarus, Publius Quintilius.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87940674
600 00 $aAugustus,$cEmperor of Rome,$d63 B.C.-14 A.D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033006
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yAugustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115125
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$yTo 843.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054525
650 0 $aRomans$zGermany$zWestphalia.
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