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Battle at the Harzhorn
Part of Crisis of the Third Century
Battlefield in southern Lower Saxony, Germany.
Date
c. 235
Location
modern Lower Saxony, Germany
Result
Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire
Germanic tribes
Commanders and leaders
Maximinus Thrax
unknown
Strength
9,000
unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown
unknown
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Warfare between Romans and Germanic peoples
Cimbrian War (113 BC – 101 BC)
Noreia
Burdigala
Arausio
Aquae Sextiae
Vercellae
Gallic Wars (58 BC – 57 BC)
Vosges
Sabis
Clades Lolliana (16 BC)
Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16)
Arbalo
Lupia River
Teutoburg Forest
Pontes Longi
Idistaviso
Angrivarian Wall
Marcomannic Wars (166–180) (participating Roman units)
Carnuntum
Roman campaigns in Germania during the 230s
Harzhorn
Gothic invasion of the Balkans (250–251)
Nicopolis ad Istrum
Beroe
Philippopolis
Abritus
Gothic invasion of the Balkans (254)
Thessalonica
Thermopylae
Gothic invasion of the Balkans (267–268)
Naissus
Roman–Alemannic Wars
Mediolanum
Lake Benacus
Placentia
Fano
Pavia
Lingones
Vindonissa
Durocortorum
Argentoratum
Solicinium
Campi Cannini
Gothic War (367–369)
Noviodunum
Gothic War (376–382)
Marcianople
Ad Salices
Dibaltum
Adrianople
Adrianople Siege
Constantinople
Thessalonica
Visigothic Wars
Pollentia
Verona
Florence
Faesulae
Rome (410)
Massilia
1st Arelate
2nd Arelate
Narbonne
Toulouse
Châlons
3rd Arelate
Orleans
Déols
4th Arelate
Vandalic Wars
Rhine
Nervasos Mountains
Tarraco
Hippo Regius
Carthage
Rome (455)
Agrigentum
Corsica
Garigliano
Cartagena
Cape Bon
Anglo-Saxon Wars
Groans of the Britons
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Treason of the Long Knives
Wippedesfleot
Mercredesburne
Mons Badonicus
Dyrham
Woden's Burg
Raith
Vandalic War (533–534)
Ad Decimum
Tricamarum
Gothic War (535–554)
Panormus
Naples (536)
Rome (537–538)
Treviso
Verona
Faventia
Mucellium
Naples (542–543)
Rome (546)
Rome (549–550)
Sena Gallica
Taginae
Mons Lactarius
The Battle at the Harzhorn took place in the early 3rd century between Germanic and Roman troops near the Harzhorn hill between the towns of Kalefeld and Bad Gandersheim, in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
The battlefield, spanning several square kilometers, was discovered in December 2008 and is currently being excavated. Roman coinage found at the site gives a probable date of the battle during the reign of one of two Roman emperors: Severus Alexander (222–235) or Maximinus Thrax (235–38).
Archaeologists view the battlefield as a discovery of extraordinary scientific importance. Along with the Kalkriese battlefield and the Roman camps of Bentumersiel [de] and Hedemünden [de], this is one of the very few Roman archaeological sites in northern Germany.
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