Battle of the Lupia River

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Battle of the Lupia River
Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Date 11 BC
Location Lower Lippe River
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire Sicambri
Commanders
Nero Claudius Drusus  ?


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[1]. Drusus defeated the Sicambri, and some of the defeated were moved to west of the Rhine River.

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  1. ^ Cassius Dio, Roman History LIV.33