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	?

v • d • e Roman-Germanic Wars Cimbrian War Noreia - Arausio - Aquae Sextiae - Vercellae Attempted conquest of Germania Lupia River - Teutoburg Forest - Weser River Marcomannic Wars Roman-Alamannic Wars Abrittus - Mediolanum - Lake Benacus - Naissus - Placentia - Fano - Pavia - Lingones - Vindonissa - Durocortorum - Argentoratum - Solicinium Gothic War Adrianople Roman-Visigothic Wars Pollentia - Verona - Rome - Narbonne

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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