Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 52.500, 7.500 · 24 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 9 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | In Germany, under his lieutenants Lollius and Varus, he suffered two defeats; in Varus's case three legions were wiped out with their commanders, lieutenants and auxiliaries. |
| AD 9 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | Varus was destroyed with three legions in Germany; it is assessed that because the Illyrian war had ended first, the joining of Pannonians and Germans was prevented. |
| AD 11 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | The following year he went again to Germany; deeming the cause of Varus's defeat to be the rashness of the commander, he handled all matters on the advice of his staff. |
| AD 14 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | Germanicus restored order among the garrisons in Germany, quelled the mutiny, and defeated the enemy. |
| AD 14 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | Raised in the camps dressed as a soldier, he earned the nickname Caligula; after Augustus's death, in the mutiny, merely seeing him calmed the soldiers' anger. |
| AD 14 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus, by forced march, cuts through the forest and advances into enemy territory |
| AD 14 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | He divides the army into four and lays waste fifty miles with fire and sword |
| AD 15 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus entrusts four legions to Caecina and marches with an equal force himself |
| AD 15 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Envoys of Segestes ask for help against a siege by their own kinsmen |
| AD 15 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | A speech draws in not only the Cherusci but neighboring tribes, and Inguiomerus as well |
| AD 15 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus pursues Arminius, who withdraws into places without roads |
| AD 15 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The barbarians break through the outposts and attack, harassing the engineers |
| AD 16 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Germans, leaving their homes, try to withdraw beyond the Elbe but fight again at the Angrivarian rampart |
| AD 16 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Praising the victorious army, an inscription bearing Tiberius's name is carved on the trophy of piled weapons |
| AD 17 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Semnones and Langobardi break away from Maroboduus's kingdom and side with the Cherusci |
| AD 47 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Cherusci, having lost their nobles in civil war, ask Rome for a king, and Italicus is chosen |
| AD 50 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Vannius, the Suebian king installed by Drusus, is driven from his kingdom |
| AD 57 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | As military tribune he served in Germany and Britain and received many statues and honorary inscriptions. |
| AD 58 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | The Amsivarii take possession of that land |
| AD 58 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | A great battle between the Hermunduri and the Chatti over a river rich in salt |
| AD 69 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | The garrison in Germany swore allegiance to Vitellius as emperor; war became unavoidable, and the Praetorians nearly killed the senators. |
| AD 69 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | On reaching the camp he granted all requests and pardoned those who had been punished, winning favor, and accepted the acclamation of the army of Upper Germany. |
| AD 83 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | Among his many campaigns, one was toward Germany: expeditions born of necessity and of choice (chapter 6). |
| AD 235 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Maximinus crosses the Rhine and pursues Germans hiding in forests and marshes. He rides into a lake to fight, and the marsh is filled with corpses. |