Kalkriese
Kalkriese is a village now administratively part of the city of Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the northern slope of the Wiehen Hills, a ridge-like range of hills, north of Osnabrück. The Kalkrieser Berg or Schmittenhöhe, a hill with a height of 157 m (515 ft), is considered by archaeologists to be the likely site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (
The Romans' saltus Teutoburgiensis (Teutoburg Pass) is taken to refer to the strip of cultivated land with a width of 220 m (720 ft) which lies between the
Other items include locks, keys, razors, a scale, weights, chisels, hammers, pickaxes, buckets, finger rings, surgical instruments, seal boxes, a stylus, cauldrons, casseroles, spoons, and amphorae. Jewelry, hairpins, and a disk brooch suggest the presence of women.
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- ^ a b c "Kalkriese". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ a b Christian Ziehe. "Clades Variana". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ a b "The battle in the Teutoburg Forest". Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- University of Osnabrück.
- ^ "Gold coins discovered at German site where Roman legions were massacred". Archaeology News Network. 2016-07-02.
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