Battle of the Weser River
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Template:Infobox Battles The Battle of the Weser River, sometimes known as a first Battle of Minden, was fought in 16 AD between Roman legions commanded by Emperor Tiberius' heir and adopted son Germanicus, and an alliance of German tribes commanded by Arminius.
Ancient sources identify the location as "Idistaviso", but the precise location is unknown, save that it was not far from the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea coast of present-day Germany. The battle marked the end of a three-year campaign by Germanicus to restore the Roman frontier at the Elbe, lost in AD 9. The German tribes generally avoided open large-scale combat, but at this battle Germanicus was finally able to force them into a major engagement. Both sides suffered severe losses, but the Romans were victorious, and managed even to capture Arminius' wife Thusnelda who was betrayed and delivered to them by her own father and brother -- bitter enemies of Arminius. But Arminius escaped with the bulk of his army intact, and Germanicus once again had to withdraw behind the Rhine for the winter.
Tiberius saw no point in continuing the costly military campaigns in northern Germany and ordered Germanicus to end his campaign and return to Rome. After this, Rome never again made a serious effort to conquer Germany beyond the Rhine River.de:Idistaviso