And the Romans did, and beat his ass; the turncoat fled deep into the barbarian territory with a price on his head. Eventually his killers — likely members of his own family — collected. IOW, this author could be right about how all history is economic history.
“And the Romans did, and beat his ass;”
But not without Arminius first inflicting one of the worst defeats in Roman military history. As well as halting any Roman ideas of ruling Germany east of the Rhine.