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naval engagement, ancient

Battle of Lake Constance

Battle of Lake Constance was a naval engagement fought in 15 BC at Lake Constance, in what is now Germany. The recorded result: Roman victory.

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Roman trireme on the mosaic in Tunisia image taken by user:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk
Roman trireme on the mosaic in Tunisia image taken by user:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk. Mathiasrex, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought15 BC
WhereLake Constance, Germany47.594N, 9.425E
OutcomeRoman victory
BelligerentsRoman EmpireagainstCeltic tribes

Record

Date15 BC (year precision)
PlaceLake Constance, Germany
47.594N, 9.425E
KindNaval engagement, ancient
Commanders
  • Tiberius
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Lake Constance is one of 166 engagements of the 1st century BC in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1546379, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lake Constance, revision 1370446983, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.