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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 608082, member: 39&quot;]Interesting post, Eduard! Let me just add that, at a Busso Peus auction in late April, a coin depicting Varus fetched €14,000. Seems this issue was the only one with his effigy.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://peus-muenzen.de/aukimages/A00057/00/00793q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>An exhibition about the Varus Battle can now be visited at three different places - two in North Rhine Westphalia (Detmold and Haltern), one in Lower Saxony (Kalkriese, most likely the location of that battle). Have not seen them so far, but fortunately the exhibitions are open until mid/late October: <a href="http://www.imperium-konflikt-mythos.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.imperium-konflikt-mythos.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imperium-konflikt-mythos.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Varus Battle was not the end of the military conflicts in the area. In the third century (roughly 180-260 AD) there was another major battle involving the Roman forces and Germanic tribes. That site is near Kalefeld, NI, north of Göttingen. In the times of the Varus Battle, it was basically the Cherusci and their &quot;allies&quot; fighting against Roman invaders. In the years after that, the Romans basically stayed left of the Rhine, and places such as Cologne flourished also because of the Roman-Germanic commercial exchange. (Old Rhenanian motto - why fight if you can trade and profit? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) Later the situation changed, and the Romans fought against the &quot;Barbarians&quot; who were on their way south ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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