Troll-boi attempts to establish credibility FAIL.
I got your legions right here.
The Romans were always good at figuring out when to fall on their swords.
The root of the name Herman is derived from the name Arminius (Latin). There is a largely unknown huge statue that was built near the site of the battle. A must see if you visit Germany.
I think its on Netflix.
There’s a decent historical dramatization of it called “Barbarians”.
German made film !
The Germans are a singularly demented people. They craft clever clocks and then turn around and manufacture mass murder.
I had never realized how close this event happened to Jesus birth.
I have Tacitus book, The Annals. I had been some months ago began to read it, he does describe the battle in the Teutoburg Forest. I was surprised at the shape of the Roman army from his descriptions. It was not the well equipped, beautifully outfitted army we all have been shown in many movies and books but sounded more like an army of tired poor shoddily dressed soldiers. Very much war weary. He described that Rome had a thing where one had to sign up for the army, had to put in something like 13 years of servitude, was not paid well, poorly fed and I think they had to buy their own outfits. It sounded just gruesome that battle. Those men fought with real courage in the view of the fact they were not properly equipped and there was a mutiny at one point.
The officers always have to know their terrain. Stonewall Jackson always sent out his engineers to survey ahead of his army. Every hill, tree, rock and water was mapped.
The officers always have to know their terrain. Stonewall Jackson always sent out his engineers to survey ahead of his army. Every hill, tree, rock and water was mapped.
The battle, with a soundtrack: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHnM_PqreE
Isn’t there some recent controversy about to what extent the turncoat nature of Arminius was convenient or fabricated?
The Germans were far more successful than the Gauls.
And they never had to deal with Julius.