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The Defeat of Varus and the German Frontier Policy of Augustus

Note 2 — Chapter I · Introduction and General View of the Question

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Röm. Gesch., V. p. 24 (6th ed. 1909); cf. Die germanische Politik des Augustus (originally in Im Neuen Reich, 1871, pp. 537-556), p. 14: “Die Unterwerfung Germaniens, kräftig begonnen, und sieben Jahre hindurch beharrlich ... geführt.” Other representative expressions of opinion among recent writers may be found: R. von Poehlmann (in Pflugk-Harttung’s Weltgeschichte, 1910, I, p. 516); E. Kornemann (in Gercke-Norden’s Einleitung in die Altertumsw., 1912, III, p. 208); E. Kornemann, “Zu dem Germanenkriege unter Augustus,” Klio, IX (1909), p. 449. On the basis of Tiberius’ campaigns (4-6 A. D.) he speaks also of “die gewaltigen Anstrengungen Roms zur Unterwerfung Germaniens”; H. F. Pelham, Outlines of Roman History, 1905, p. 460; H. Stuart Jones, The Roman Empire, 1913, p. 34; C. H. Hayes, Sources Relating to the Germanic Invasions, 1909, p. 64.

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