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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3422603, member: 8959&quot;]Reading the neswpaper this morning I came upon this article which postulates a possible different interpretation and sequence of events of how the battle during which Varus lost his three legions to Arminius actually took place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new theory is based upon the recent discovery of a hoard of 220 late republican denarii as well as 7 aureii, all dated around the time of the battle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The location of the find is interesting because it points to a possible different</p><p>reconstruction of events, different to the classic one which describes the battle as taking place over a 3-day span during which the Legions tried desperately to get out of the ambush which Arminius had set for them. </p><p>They never made it, as we all know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologise the article is in german -&nbsp; I have only scanned it rapidly myself, but hopefully some of you can find it interesting, anyway. </p><p>I will see if news in english have also been published.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article190558239/Varus-vs-Arminius-Schlacht-bei-Kalkriese-wird-umgedeutet.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article190558239/Varus-vs-Arminius-Schlacht-bei-Kalkriese-wird-umgedeutet.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article190558239/Varus-vs-Arminius-Schlacht-bei-Kalkriese-wird-umgedeutet.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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