Images

This is an artistic 3D impression of what the Battle of Teutoburg Forest (September, 9 CE) may have looked like.

A reconstruction of a Roman legionary's kit from the 1st century CE. (Museum und Park Kalkriese, Germany)

A statue of the Germanic leader Arminius (Hermann) who defeated a Roman army at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. Near Detmold, Germany.

A map illustrating the troop positions of the 9 CE Battle of Teutoburg Forest in Germany between Roman and German tribes.

View over the Teutoburg Forest, the site of the famous battle which took place on September 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius...

An Etruscan gold necklace with lotus flower decoration. Vetulonia, 7th century BCE. (Temporary exhibition at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands)

The Etruscan Pietrera tumulus tomb at Vetulonia, western central Italy. 7th century BCE.

A biconical funerary urn with incised decoration from the Villanovan culture of central Italy. From Chiusi, 8th century BCE. (National Etruscan Museum, Florence)

A terracotta funerary urn in the form of a house from the Villanovan culture of central Italy. 8th century BCE. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA)

A Villanovan bronze helmet, 8th century BCE. Poggio alle Croci necropolis, near Volterra, central Italy. (Museo Guarnacci, Volterra)