Teutoburg Civilians

[Robert Vermaat]

I doubt that any source discusses their actual fate. Some civilians would be Germanic hangers-on no doubt, and they would probably have made themselves scarce after the first attacks. Now Romans or Roman-dependents would have stood little chances of escape from deep within enemy territory. Maybe some decided to sit it out, expecting death or slavery. But if the civilians were related to soldiers, I would not expect them to leave these people behind. So they might have stuck with the column, or even more likely, be killed before the end came.