welcome to a two-part video series on the Roman expansion into Germania as
well as the climactic battle or Teutoburg forest featuring myself and
Imperial scribe in this episode I'll be focusing on the events leading up to the
battle Teutoburg forest and the rise and fall of one of Rome's greatest explorers
with his victory over Mark Antony the now Emperor Augustus begins to
consolidate his rule over the new Roman Empire seeing another opportunity to
break free of Rome the Gauls rise up helped by the
smuggling of weapons from Germania across the Rhine Augustus sends Agrippa
who was an experienced general to deal with this uprising Agrippa wasted no
time quickly and decisively ending the rebellion
with the pacification of goal a grouper made improvements to the provinces bode
network and constructed several forts along the Rhine thus increasing Roman
presence in the region however this increased presence did not go unnoticed
by the Germans who in either 17 of 16 BC captured a few Roman soldiers on the
east of the Rhine the Germans quickly executed the Roman intruders and began
an invasion into the Roman territories on the other side of the Rhine once
there they attacked the Roman cavalry unit and unexpectedly came across the
Roman v these Germans quickly overpowered the v and to add insult to
injury captured the legions Eagles standard August's quickly arrived at the
scene and pushed the invading Germans back across the Rhine forcing the
invaders to sue for peace augustus quickly set to work planning that Rome's
next expansion would be into Germania as part of the plan or Gustus we used Gore
as a springboard into German Augustus also began to established mints in
Provence as well as organising a census for collecting the taxes necessary for
the invasion into Germany he then left though leaving the province in the
capable hands of his stepson Drusus Drusus quickly had a number of problems
to deal with one of which was another uprising in goal this time it was a
result of the Roman taxation set in place by Augustus Drusus spent most of
the following year to conduct reconnaissance dealing with supply and
communication problems as well as constructing several forts along the
Rhine after construction of the forts had finished Drusus managed to gain an
alliance with the local Germans in preparation for military action into
Germany in the spring of 12 BC Drusus set off towards Germany making use
of the canals he had built Drusus sailed to the mouth of the Ems and
penetrated into the territory that is present-day Lower Saxony the tribes
there quickly conducted a treaty acknowledging Roman supremacy and
becoming allies to the invaders as Drusus out further down the m's the
Romans were attacked by another German tribe defeating them but significantly
delaying the Romans as a result ruse has turned back to winter and gore this
expedition caused huge excitement in Rome with Drusus been featured on coins
drusus however was eager to get back to the German border
this time he assembled a force consisting mostly of five legions with
the addition of auxiliaries he set out on another military campaign defeating
two German tribes in two separate engagements as winter approached
drusus again turned back slowly making his way across Romania back to goal
however during his campaigns Drusus had made an enemy of the Sugambri the
Sugambri had been campaigning against another tribe and Fuss had not
bothered with the Romans now the Sugambri turned back towards retreating
Romans marching into a narrow wooded pass Drusus and his legions slowly and
cautiously continued their march towards gold as they marched the Sugambri
reappeared and began to harass the retreating Romans still the March
continued eventually reaching an even smaller and narrower wooded pass
suddenly the Sugambri reappeared trapping the Romans in the narrow past in a somewhat
random ambush Drusus quickly found himself
engaged with the attacking Germans with the outer formation Romans quickly
sustaining high casualties in the initial ambush Drusus quickly organized
his alliance with Roman discipline quickly kicking in the attack in Sugambri
were then introduced to the Roman Forum of close quarters combat and
sustained heavy casualties this together was the Germans not really having a plan
after their damn bush the Romans quickly resulted in legions breaking through the
German lines with the Germans introduced to the Roman Gladius chigan droid
quickly resorted back to a more cautious position keeping their distance from the
Roman column as drusus retreated back towards goal with this victory Drusus's
popularity in Rome exploded with him easily winning the election to the
consulship in nine BC cruces however did not waste time in Rome quickly returning
back to the Germanic frontier to conduct another exhibition
however on his return home drusus fell from his horse
now although severely injured Drusus managed to get word to his brother
Tiberius to join him one of the last letters Tiberius received from his
brother was Drusus complaining about how August's ruling the Empire says
eventually died from his wounds with his family being given the title Germanicus
withdrew sister's death Tiberius took over the command of the Roman invasion
into Germany largely securing a huge sway of land by six ad
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