Yeah, Hermann the German & Co. nailed them Romans to trees.
If they’d been smart they would have surrendered: they could have had fabric clothing, sanitary facilities, concrete aquaducts, civil law—and wouldn’t sound like they were gargling when they talked.
***If they’d been smart they would have surrendered: they could have had fabric clothing, sanitary facilities, concrete aquaducts, civil law****
Interesting how you can look at the outcome of such a battle thousands of years afterward and see a different outcome if this or that had happened.
I have A book FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD by Edward Creasy, written in 1851.
He said the Tutoberger forest battle was decisive in it allowed the Germans to progress and become a great nation and major influence in future Europe without being degraded and absorbed by the Romans.
Yet, just a few years ago a TV program bemoaned the Tutoberger forest battle because it eventually led to a modern Germany with Adolph Hitler and WWII. With Roman influence back then, WWII might not have happened.