Battle of the Lupia River
# Battle of the Lupia River

The Battle of the Lupia River was fought in 11 BC between a Roman force led by Nero Claudius Drusus and the Sicambri. The Lupia River, now Lippe, flows westwards through the Ruhr Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia. Drusus defeated the Sicambri, and some of the defeated were moved to west of the Rhine River.

## Aftermath

Drusus began the construction of several strongholds to secure the area between the Lippe and the Rhine.

