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Kalkriese, the Glossary

Kalkriese is a village now administratively part of the city of Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.^[1]

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26 relations: Ancient Rome, Angrivarian Wall, Arminius, Augustus, Aureus, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Bramsche, Centuria, Chain mail, Cohort (military unit), Fabricia gens, Germanic peoples, Germany, Großes Moor (Vechta-Diepholz), Hobnail, Javelin, Kalkrieser Berg, Lower Saxony, Osnabrück (district), Osnabrück University, Plumb bob, Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman Empire, Roman legion, Stream, Wiehen Hills.
Geography of Lower Saxony
Germania
Roman sites in Germany

Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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The so-called Angrivarian Wall (Angrivarierwall) was mentioned by the Roman historian, Tacitus (Annals II, 19–21), in connection with the campaign by the Roman general Germanicus in 16 AD, which included the Battle of the Angrivarian Wall.

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Arminius

Arminius (18/17 BC–AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions under the command of general and governor Publius Quinctilius Varus were destroyed.

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.

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Aureus

The aureus (aurei, 'golden', used as a noun) was a gold coin of ancient Rome originally valued at 25 pure silver denarii (sin. denarius).

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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster (Clades Variana) by Roman historians, was a major battle between Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire that took place somewhere near modern Kalkriese from September 8–11, 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus and their auxiliaries. Kalkriese and battle of the Teutoburg Forest are Germania.

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Bramsche

Bramsche is a town in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Centuria

Centuria (centuriae) is a Latin term (from the stem centum meaning one hundred) denoting military units originally consisting of 100 men.

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Chain mail

Chain mail (also known as chain-mail, mail or maille) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

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Cohort (military unit)

A cohort (from the Latin cohors,: cohortes; see wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion.

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Fabricia gens

The gens Fabricia was a plebeian family of ancient Rome.

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Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Großes Moor (Vechta-Diepholz)

The Großes Moor ("Great Bog") is the proper name for a contiguous region of raised bog between the towns of Damme, Lohne and Vechta and the village of Goldenstedt in the county of Vechta on the one hand, and the villages of Diepholz and Barnstorf in Diepholz and Bramsche in Osnabrück in Lower Saxony on the other, all within Germany.

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Hobnail

In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles or provide traction.

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Javelin

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon.

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Kalkrieser Berg

The Kalkrieser Berg (also called the Schmittenhöhe) is a hill, 157 m high, between the villages of Venne and Engter, in the district of Osnabrück. Kalkriese and Kalkrieser Berg are Archaeological sites in Germany.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Osnabrück (district)

Osnabrück is a district (Landkreis) in the southwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Osnabrück University

Osnabrück University (Universität Osnabrück) is a public research university located in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Plumb bob

A plumb bob, plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference line, or plumb-line.

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Publius Quinctilius Varus

Publius Quinctilius Varus (Cremona, 46 BC – near Kalkriese, AD 9) was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus. Kalkriese and Publius Quinctilius Varus are Germania.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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