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{{Short description|58 battle}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle between the Hermundi and the Chatti
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|date=58 AD
|place=[[Germania]]
|result= Hermunduri victory
|combatant1=[[Chatti]]
|combatant2=[[Hermunduri]]
|commander1=Unknown
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|strength1= Unknown
|strength2= Unknown
|casualties1= All Chatti were slain<ref name="Abdale2016"/>
|casualties2= Unknown
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The '''Battle between the Hermunduri and the Chatti''', popularly known as the '''Salt Battle''' ({{langx|de|Salzschlacht }}) was fought in [[Germania]] in 58 AD between the [[Chatti]] and the [[Hermunduri]], both [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] tribes.<ref name="Abdale2016"/><ref name="Bunson1995"/>
==History==
It is described in the [[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]] by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historian [[Tacitus]]. The battle was a result of a border dispute between two [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] tribes, the [[Chatti]] and the [[Hermunduri]]. Both claimed a [[river]] (most likely the [[Main (river)|Main river]]), as their own. The river had special religious significance and was also good for the extraction of [[salt]] through possession of some [[Brine spring|salt springs]]. The battle seem to have been a result of the [[Marcomanni]], who, led by [[Maroboduus]] (who had died in 37 A.D.) had left the area vacant and had headed toward [[Bohemia]], in order to avoid being within the range of the Roman influence. The Chatti pushed southward and the Hermunduri attacked northward. The battle, which lasted all summer of 58 A.D., resulted in a victory to the Hermunduri and all the Chatti were slain.<ref name="Abdale2016">{{cite book|author=Jason R Abdale|title=Four Days in September: The Battle of Teutoburg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNwHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT30|date=31 May 2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-6087-2|pages=30–}}</ref><ref name="Bunson1995">{{cite book|author=Matthew Bunson|title=A Dictionary of the Roman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsrGEFpW80UC&pg=PA191|year=1995|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-510233-8|pages=191–}}</ref>
==References==
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==Sources==
* [[Tacitus]]. [[wikisource:The Annals (Tacitus)|The Annals]]
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