To: SunkenCiv
Until only two years ago, northern Germany was believed to have been a no-go area for Roman troops after three legions were wiped out by German tribesmen in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9. The revelation that two centuries later a Roman force mounted a punitive raid deep inside the tribal areas in AD 235 has changed all that, Ad 9 to AD 235 is like 1784 is to 2010.
10 posted on
09/15/2010 9:03:28 PM PDT by
fso301
To: fso301
Yeah, I’m kinda thinking their fervor to do this probably wore down a little after the first hundred years or so.
11 posted on
09/15/2010 9:30:49 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(It's easy being a communist when you're rich.)
To: fso301
If it was a punitive raid, it was for something else, the writing is a bit vague there.
26 posted on
09/16/2010 8:08:27 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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