Battle of the Lupia River
The Battle of the Lupia River was fought in 11 BCE between a Roman force led by Nero Claudius Drusus and the Sicambri.[1] The Lupia River, now Lippe, flows westwards through the Ruhr Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia. Drusus defeated the Sicambri, and some of the defeated were moved to west of the Rhine River.
| Battle of the Lupia River | |||||||
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| Part of the Early Imperial campaigns in Germania | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Roman Empire | Sicambri | ||||||
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| Nero Claudius Drusus | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
Aftermath
Drusus began the construction of several strongholds to secure the area between the Lippe and the Rhine.
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