Ambushed the day before as the #BattleOfTheTeutoburgForest began, #Roman commander #Varus tried on #ThisDayInHistory in 9 CE to escape but found another trap laid by the Germanic forces of #Arminius, leading #Augustus to a nervous breakdown and the virtual end of Roman expansion.

🪷 9 September 9 AD is accepted as the date of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest between Roman Legions and Germanic tribes. But just where WAS the forest in 9 AD? Now 8 coins confirm the site of the #Varus #Teutoburg defeat that changed the course of history: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/09/quin... 🪷