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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2534342, member: 39&quot;]Not really. Blame Tacitus and the other Roman sources who failed to provide precise geodetic data about the location of the battle, hehe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Kalkriese area is the most likely place but mostly because of a lack of plausible alternatives. They did find coins, some tools and human bones there, and there is no doubt that this was the location of some military conflict. However, no ceramics (terra sigillata) have been found there so far, and while there were several pits with human bones, it seems that those bones could be assigned to 17 individuals only.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2009 there was a major exhibition about the bimillennium of the Varus Battle, at three different locations: Haltern (possibly Aliso, definitely a major military camp used as a starting point of the Varus campaign), Detmold (near the &quot;Hermann&quot; monument), and Kalkriese. A wise combination, I think. What we do know is that the battle, wherever it was, changed the Roman plans regarding the annexation of the territories between the Rhine and Elbe rivers.</p><p><br /></p><p>To some extent, that is. Just a few years ago, for example, another Roman-Germanic battlefield was discovered in the Harzhorn area, roughly halfway between Hannover and Göttingen. That battle was more than two hundred years later, around 235 CE, when emperor Maximinus Thrax and several thousand Roman soldiers went from Mogontiacum (today Mainz) up north, to &quot;secure&quot; the empire. Anyway, maybe another Varus Battle location will be found some day. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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