The Roman commander Germanicus, nephew of Tiberius, undertakes a campaign against the Cherusci of Arminius, to avenge the defeat in the Teutoburg Forest; crops and pagan temples are burned, thousands of people are killed, including women and children, and the remains of comrades-in-arms are found; two of the three golden eagles, the army’s standards, are recovered; Arminius, king of the Cherusci, is defeated at Idistavisium; his wife and son, captured, will die in captivity.
