Battle of the Lupia River explained

Conflict:Battle of the Lupia River
Partof:the Early campaigns in Germania
Campaigns of Drusus
and Roman–Germanic Wars
Battle Name:Battle of the Lupia (Lippe) River
Date:11 BC
Place:Lower Lippe River (present-day Lippe River)
Result:Roman victory
Combatant1:Roman Empire
Combatant2:Sicambri
Commander1:Drusus
Commander2:unknown
Strength1:unknown
Strength2:unknown
Casualties1:unknown
Casualties2:unknown

The Battle of the Lupia River was fought in 11 BC between a Roman force led by Nero Claudius Drusus and the Sicambri.[1] The Lupia River, now Lippe, flows westwards through the Ruhr Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia. Drusus defeated the Sicambri, and some of the defeated were moved to west of the Rhine River.

Aftermath

Drusus began the construction of several strongholds to secure the area between the Lippe and the Rhine.

Notes and References

  1. Cassius Dio, Roman History LIV.33