Battle of the Lupia River

Battle of the Lupia River

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of the Lupia River
partof=the Roman-Germanic wars


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battle_name=Battle of the Lupia (Lippe) River
date=11 BC
place=Lower Lippe River
result=Roman victory
combatant1=Roman Empire
combatant2=Sicambri
commander1=Nero Claudius Drusus
commander2=?
strength1=
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casualties1=
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The Battle of the Lupia River - the Lippe River lays in north of the Ruhr Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia. The battle was fought in 11 BC between a Roman force led by Nero Claudius Drusus and the Sicambri [Cassius Dio, "Roman History" [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/54*.html#33 LIV.33] ] . Drusus defeated the Sicambri, and some of the defeated were moved to west of the Rhine River.

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