Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest - Hardcover

Murdoch, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750940158 ISBN 13: 9780750940153

Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2006

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Book by Murdoch Adrian

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In AD 9 half of Rome's Western army was ambushed in a German forest and annihilated. Three legions, three cavalry units and six auxiliary regiments - some 25,000 men - were wiped out. It dealt a body blow to the empire's imperial pretensions and was Rome's greatest defeat. No other battle stopped the Roman empire dead in its tracks. Although one of the most significant and dramatic battles in European history, this is also one which has been largely overlooked. Drawing on primary sources and a vast wealth of new archaeological evidence, Adrian Murdoch brings to life the battle itself, the historical background and the effects of the Roman defeat as well as exploring the personalities of those who took part.

Biografía del autor:

Adrian Murdoch is a journalist specialising in history, business and geopolitical issues. He is an Oxford history graduate and has edited a selection of classical history texts and is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. He is the author of The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World which was published by Sutton in 2003.

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• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0750940158
• ISBN 13: 9780750940153
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256