Right, and that's better than anyone else did, given one tribe, or nation for that matter, against Rome.
I've never entirely believed the huge numbers of Rome's enemies. 80,000 Icenii, 1,000,000 Germans and Helvetians, another million from the Black Sea.........The Roman's wrote the histories, and they were not above making the heroes sound heroic.
Interestingly, when the Romans lost campaigns they did not lose to overwhelming numbers. They lost to the stupidity of their generals.
The Varian disaster (loss of three legions in one engagement) took place on the German frontier, and was better than anyone else (among the barbarians) did until late in the Empire.
Hey, thanks, this link from your links page looks excellent. And thanks VR for posting it.
A great selection of archaeological Links.
VARIOUS | FR Post 1-28-03 | VANNROX and others
Posted on 01/30/2003 10:54:22 AM EST by vannrox
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