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100 1 _aOldfather, W. A.
_q(William Abbott),
_d1880-1945
245 1 4 _aThe Defeat of Varus and the German Frontier Policy of Augustus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-02-04
508 _aTurgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Defeat of Varus and the German Frontier Policy of Augustus" by W. A. Oldfather et al. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This monograph revisits and critiques the well-established narratives surrounding the significant Roman defeat at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D. It seeks to offer a new interpretation of the events leading to this battle and its implications for Augustus's policies towards the Germanic tribes. The opening of the work introduces the authors' motivations and perspectives on the historical narrative surrounding the defeat of Varus, emphasizing their dissatisfaction with traditional interpretations. They outline their objectives and methodology, reiterating the influences of past scholarship on the current understanding of the conflict. They express intent to analyze historical sources critically, revealing inconsistencies and biases in the accounts from ancient historians, and aim to establish that Augustus’s actual intentions with respect to Germanic conquest were more nuanced than commonly perceived. Overall, it sets up a detailed study focused on unraveling the complexities of Roman-Germanic relations and the long-term consequences of Varus's defeat. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aVarus, Publius Quintilius
653 _aTeutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D.
653 _aRome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
653 _aGermany -- History -- To 843
700 1 _aCanter, H. V.
_q(Howard Vernon),
_d1873-1942
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64462
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