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Story map of the seas and lands around ancient Rome, with no words on the pictureRomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria
RomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria

Germania

Germania was the Roman name for lands of many tribes beyond the Rhine.

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Rome won some fights and lost a famous one in the Teutoburg Forest. The border stayed busy. Marcus Aurelius spent years on wars in this cold north.

What happened here

  • AD 9

    The forest disaster

    Arminius led allied tribes and destroyed three Roman legions. Augustus was shaken.

  • AD 14–16

    Germanicus campaigns

    Germanicus led armies back across the Rhine. Rome did not turn all Germania into a province.

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