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Battle of Baduhenna Wood

Battle of Baduhenna Wood was a battle fought in AD 28 at Heiloo, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the Germanic Wars. The recorded result: Frisian victory; Romans withdraw. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 28
WhereHeiloo, Netherlands52.600N, 4.700E
OutcomeFrisian victory; Romans withdraw
BelligerentsRoman EmpireagainstFrisii
Casualties and losses1,300+andHeavy
Part ofGermanic Wars

Where it sits in the Germanic Wars

Clades Lolliana, 16 BCBattle of the Teutoburg Forest, AD 9Battle of Idistaviso, AD 16Battle of the Angrivarian Wall, AD 16Battle of Baduhenna Wood, AD 28Siege of Thessalonica, AD 254Battle of Nestos, AD 268Battle of Lake Constance, AD 355Siege of Autun, AD 356Battle of Vicus Helena, AD 440Battle of Corsica, AD 456Battle of Agrigentum, AD 456Battle of Garigliano, AD 457Battle of Toulouse, AD 458Battle of Bergamo, AD 464Battle of Angers, AD 464Battle of Bolia, AD 469Battle of Pavia, AD 476Battle of Ravenna, AD 47616 BCAD 476Battle of Baduhenna Wood, AD 28
19 placed engagements of the Germanic Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 28 (year precision)
PlaceHeiloo, Netherlands
52.600N, 4.700E
KindBattle, ancient
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and losses1,300+Heavy
Commanders
  • Lucius Apronius
Battle of Baduhenna WoodBattle of Baduhenna WoodSiege of AlkmaarBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumBattle of BergenSiege of HaarlemBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumBattle of BergenThe HagueRotterdamGroningenEssenEindhovenEmdenArnhem's-Hertogenbosch100 km52.600N, 4.700E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between AD 28 and 1799.

In the same war

Battle of Baduhenna Wood is one of 57 engagements of the 1st century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2520025, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Frisian revolt of 28 AD, revision 1370620541, 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.