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Author Clunn, Tony, 1946-2014.

Title The quest for the lost Roman legions : discovering the Varus battlefield / Tony Clunn
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Savas Beatie ; Staplehurst, U.K. : Spellmount, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xl, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents Contents -- Contents -- 1987: The First Find -- July 1987: Alt Barenau -- The Search Continues -- Early April, 9 AD: Regrouping at Haltern -- A Lump of Gold -- The Mask -- May, 9 AD: The Lost Reconnaissance Patrol -- The Summer Camp at Minden -- 1990: Hannover and the Weser Silver Bullion -- Tilting at Windmills -- 1991-1992: Impasse and Breakthrough -- Summer, 9AD: The Gathering of the Tribes -- PART II -- 9 AD: Aspirations and Judgments at Minden -- 9 AD: Summer Camp -- Early Autumn, 9 AD: Departure from Minden
September, 9 AD: The Sacking of the OutpostsInto the Teutoburger Forest: The Varusschlacht Begins -- Varus� Last Lager at Felsenfeld -- Kalkriese: The Last Eagle -- From the Mists of Time to the Present -- A Major in the Background: The Following Years -- The Varus Battle and its Impact on America -- Keyword Glossary -- Bibliography -- INDEX
Summary 'The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions' documents the author's search to discover the Varus battlefield, where three Roman legions vanished in 9 AD, ambushed by Arminius, a Roman-trained German warrior determined to stop Rome's advance East beyond the Rhine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Varus, Publius Quintilius
Arminius, Prince of the Cherusci.
Arminius, Prince of the Cherusci.
Varus, Publius Quintilius.
Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D.
Archaeology and history -- Germany -- Kalkriese
Romans -- Germany -- Westphalia
Romans -- Germany -- Westphalia -- Fiction
Battlefields -- Germany -- Kalkriese
Battlefields -- Germany -- Kalkriese -- Fiction
Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D. -- Fiction
Archaeology and history.
Battlefields.
Classical antiquities.
Romans.
Kalkriese (Germany) -- Antiquities, Roman
Germany -- Teutoburg Forest
Germany -- Kalkriese.
Germany -- Westphalia.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611210088
1611210089
1932714707
9781932714708