[dog breath]

Lots of mistakes by the Roman army, if I remember from reading about this it was a gruesome battle. The Germans of that time liked to sacrifice some of their captured enemies, which must not of endeared them to the Roman soldiers. No wonder that the soldiers didn’t want to leave them anything. I think that they have found other things associated with the battle but this horse head is the most impressive.

[Pelham]

One version I read said that Arminius had worked as a scout for the Romans and was familiar with their tactics. He set the trap and led the Legions into it.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s true. Arminius family had been cozy with the Romans for years, he was just the bad apple. He used what he knew well to make the ambush successful, and the Roman commander (who’d been posted to some place in North Africa prior to this, if memory serves) was the perfect stooge, marched everyone right into a trap.