[BGHater]

roman ping.

[2banana]

Back when the west fought against barbarians instead of surrendering to them...

[Hegemony Cricket]

That’s a beautiful dagger - wish it could talk...

[PhillyRepublican]

“Quintilius Varus, give me back my eagles!!!”

Caesar Augustus’ supposed ranting upon hearing of the destruction of the 17th, 18th, & 19th legions in the teutoberg.

[unkus]

ping

[mysterio]

Wow, that dagger is in amazing condition.

[allmendream]

“Sheesh, there sure are enough of them bastards” (or the near equivalent) Gisco a warrior of Hannibal Barca of Carthage.

“The Latins may count their number by the tens of thousand, but rest easy knowing that there is no “Gisco” among them.” Hannibal Barca

The comment got such a laugh that Hannibal sent that message among his troops. The approaching Roman army heard their outnumbered foes LAUGHING in their FACES, and marched into the doom that Hannibal had prepared for them.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

So far historians believed that the battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which took place in 9 AD, resulted in the Roman's Empire withdrawal from Germania without any further attempt to conquer the land beyond the Rhine River again. But the unearthing of the battleground near the village of Kalefeld proves that Rome didn't give up its expansionary ambitions until much later than previously assumed.

I think that has been the view for a long time; the glorification of the defeat and massacre of most of three legions is of modern origin and resulted from German nationalism. The huge monument to the battle is many miles from the actual final battle site, and (probably due to ethnic changes over the past 2000 years) not even a hint of folklore about the victory has survived.

Roman walls in Germany.

[BGHater]

Updating with some pics.

[Liberty Valance]

Amazing! Thanks for posting.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem for this additional image:

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1215/2
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/content/vol2008/issue1215/images/2008121521.jpg