This early 1900s illustration shows the return of the Germans after the battle in Teutoberg Forest against the Roman legions commanded by Quintilius Varus. The Roman emperor was Augustus. The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. In 9 , this region was the site of a major Roman defeat, the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

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