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A possible representation of Roman forces advancing through the Italian countryside during the Social War.

Roman Empire Historical Facts

The Social War: Why Rome’s Italian Allies Took Up Arms

Rome’s Italian allies had fought in its armies for generations. In 91 BCE, disputes over citizenship, equality and Roman power led them to revolt.

Arminius at the battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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The Defeat Rome Never Forgot: Teutoburg Forest, 9 CE

In 9 CE, Roman authority in northern Europe collapsed in a landscape it believed already secured. The destruction of three legions in Germania did more than shock contemporaries – it reshaped Rome’s frontiers, ambitions, and memory of empire itself.

Fragments of an honorary inscription of Nero Claudius Drusus

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Drusus the Elder: Rome’s Most Successful Germanic Commander

Rome’s deepest advance into Germania was led not by a veteran general, but by a man in his twenties. Nero Claudius Drusus carried Roman power farther north than any commander before him, before his sudden death froze an unfinished conquest into legend.