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@@Steven-dt5nu Avalon Hill Games makes quite a few games using ‘counters’, called ‘chits’, symbolizing infantry and cavalry, to play-out many historical battles. We played them all through the 70’s and 80’s. I highly recommend them!
*"I'm telling you Varus! He vented!"* *"Shut up bro, you just SUSsy"* *Recorded dialogue of Varus and Arminius'dad calling him unreliable. Yes, this happened for real and that was the dialogue 100%*
@@GAarcherhe didn't do much, he did a lot more politically and in Illyria. His father was the only very successful Roman against the Germans until the Marcomannic wars.
I mean not really. If you compare it to Cannae and other major losses where they lost over 70,000+ soldiers. 15,000 is a pretty small defeat in the grand scheme of things if we compare it to other losses in their history
@@jamesschaller753 As I understand it, Rome's military was more professional at this time. Meaning man for man, the military was stronger, but also more expensive. Rome didn't have an expansive empire back during Cannae that required a large military presence throughout the region. Those 80,000 were men taken off the streets and trained and equipped in short order, and while they would be sorely missed, it would not be for their military prowess. Losing a large force abroad in the field would have after shocks throughout the empire. It took years to prepare and position those legions. Losing them reset the board in Germany.
General Saint Clair, in 1791/2, believed the same thing when he forced the newly minted US Army to march against the Indian tribes under President Washington's tenure. But like Varus, his march cost many men, and Washington lost valuable US regiments.
I think this is not just about Arminius' betrayal and Varus' gullibility, but also the problem to hold a difficult territory with 3 Legions that was gained by 11 Legions. So Tiberius contributed to the defeat by withdrawing 8 of the legions with him....
It's highly similar to when President George Washington's military leadership & generals were utterly reckless & incompetent during the Wabash campaign in the 1790s. They lost a lot of men and literality regiments during the campaign akin to Varus's march.
In hindsight Ilyria was way more important than germania. Mind you that one revolt there almost toppled the whole of the roman empire, while in germania the germans had always a pretty hard time to cross the fortified rhine, but yes it was still dumb to let such a ferocious land be guarded by 3 legions
To be fair It was either loosing Germania (which doesn't have loads of resources or riches) or loosing other roman territories more useful for their central economy. They couldn't keep all that ground.
This must be one of your best, if not the best, video narration ever from you. You had me glued to the screen, despite already knowing the outcome. The daunting doom music and your narration killed it. Well done, man, well done.
The Germans did what others could not, but deep down there must have been thousands of tribes who were wishing this. I never get tired of this Narrators voice. To me he is right up there with Sir David Attenborough.
I believe it is in Tacitus that the fates of captured legionaries are recorded. Some were sacrificed to Germanic gods, but most were sacrificed to something translated as "the algurythm".
This has to be one of the best British narration voices I have heard in a long time. I thought Tim Piggot Smiths voice was good and draws you in, but this guy is certainly up in the top 3 best narrators.
"Varus Quintilius, descended from a famous rather than a high-born family, was a man of mild character and of a quiet disposition, somewhat slow in mind as he was in body, and more accustomed to the leisure of the camp than to actual service in war. That he was no despiser of money is demonstrated by his governorship of Syria: he entered this rich province a poor man, and left this poor province a rich man." - Velleius Paterculus, Roman History
@@brainflash1 Honestly, we're all armchair historians right now . I think most people including me would have suffered the same faith in this woods. It's an ambush nonetheless and even today after hundreds of years of cutting them down, where our forests still consist in germany they're deep....and he being in the north east where It's rather rainy I can't fathom how hard it would be to walk through literal mud after thousands of others walked through it before you.
Congratulations on the way you create such great suspense and storytelling with stories that we already know the outcome of. Luckily I've been with this channel since the first video. Thank you!!!
Say what you will. Arminius and this battle was probably one of the main reasons that provincial soldiers always got stationed in the other end of the empire from their home province. Atleast that is my amateur historian take on it.
Terrific video! This has to one of the costliest 'betrayals' in military history, and in retrospect Varus does seem to have been a bit naive. One wonders at what point in the ordeal the average legionary realized that they were utterly doomed...
Great video! I had forgotten that Varus was a coward and took his own life instead of standing up and facing the enemy. He thought he was going on parade and died the biggest fool in Roman history. Varus and the legions got what they deserved.
As a German this battle continues to be a bit more special to me than most of your other superb covered battles of old. The defeat of a seemingly unstoppable war machine by simple tribesmen who just had enough of being bullied around. I especially like how you continue to evolve the quality of the channel and step it up a bit every time you make a video. Thx and keep it up.....
@@istoppedcaring6209 ...it was. Furthermore the german tribes not only failed to form under one banner but remained split into smaller regional groups and continued to squablle amongst each other and even asassinated Arminius a few years later....
@@Fabsterman”A few years” being at least 12 years later + never being fully vanquished & w/even Rome begrudgingly conceding he had stood up to Rome at the height of its power.
"The Romans are no more", he said....That's what he thought and was hoping for. But he only made Rome angry. Poor Augustus, I can easily imagine how desperate he must have felt. 🤯😭😵💫
Can’t imagine the fear alone of walking through a silent scary forest like that on top of being chased and stalked to death by the Germans it must have been a true horror movie and absolutely terrifying
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Teutoburg Forst battles, which were Roman legions exterminated completely by Germanic tribes warriors whom ledger by a Arranous commanders( betrayed Romans in that challenge ) after 10 years same Arranous murdered by Germans themselves. This magnificent episode was shared by an amazing ( History Marche) channel . Thanks for sharing.
@@gaja9092 I think the time they lost a naval battle against a people who first saw the ocean in that generation was the most embarassing. Gaiserich is underrated.
@@gaja9092 No Cannae was a bitter defeat but the difference here is the romans now had a Empire to lose. Augustus had 28 elite Legions with Veterans from after the civil war during the early Empire and in Teutoburg he lost 3 of them, which were now missing to secure the new Empire on all other borders and internaly hence his famous quote. After Cannae the romans still had the power to expand. After Teutoburg the romans had to give up germania as a province to secure everything else.
Thank you for all your videos, you are my absolute favorite channel to watch about history and I really enjoy the top down maps, I enjoy watching that tactics play out. Hope can I learn more about top down tactics?
If you ever think about combining a couple series into an audiobook I might have an interest in listening to it, Fry's Mythos series could been a good example of this, much love anyways!
I know hindsight is everything, was it not obvious after the 1st day attack that there was only two sensible options: Go back as they came, or (since the scouts didn't return) build one of those impenitrable Roman fortification and waitout the Germans. Afterall they still had their supplies, theyve got the numbers and the had injured to deal with, some of whom would have recovered and rejoin the ranks, and also for the weather to improve. Why press on into the unknown when you suspected that you may have been betrayed by the person who recommended the same route?
@@martinwarner1178 lol I made 1 this week still cleaning up the mess i created after ignoring the obvious sensible solution. I was just hoping that someone might know more about this event and give a situational theory of why he did end up with those decisions. But i get get you sometime we all do stupid things...even clever people.
When an Eagle falls, the German boars and wolves stomp and chant. When the Eagle falls an entire Flock will pursue them no matter how far they ran. Trees and Swamps shield Germanic Tribal Fauna, except from gazing eyes of Roman Aquila. Perched atop branches and lofty skies, The Roman Eagles fly high waiting to Strike. SPQOR🦅 Can't wait for the next campaign videos. 💯🔥
Imagine being a Roman solider in this battle. Hungry, exhausted, and thoroughly worn down by the three days fighting. All your officers and leadership is killed and there is no escape. The only real commanding officer is Eggius. You out up a last stand by the Eagle…
Man, I had no idea that Varus committed suicide at the worst possible moment when his men needed him. Must be such a bad sign for the rank and file and self-fulfilling prophecy of total destruction when the command commits suicide rather than facing the risks.
it is certainly a mind breaking task to even consider what a single legionary would have been thinking and seeing in these fatal hours, darkness, death, the rain beating down relentlessly, endless screams and terror unlike anything any Roman would have ever felt before or since. it must have seemed like the very forest was alive and killing all around you like the demons and monsters of the void. i feel nothing but pity for those poor legion members every last man. and nothing but respect for the ruthlessness of the germanium, that would never be shaken from their culture until the early years of Imperial Germany.
I am from near that region where the battle took place and Arminius was only called Hermann beginning in the 16th Century AD. Probably it was Martin Luther (the person who started the separation of the catholic church) who first called Arminius Hermann.
“ The fate of the Romans captured in that place is terrible beyond description” What a copout! Tortured, Boiled alive, skinned, deboned, and used in rituals. How hard was that?
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🚩 Considered one of the most important defeats in Roman history, the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest brought the triumphant period of expansion under Augustus to an abrupt end. It discouraged the Romans from pursuing the full conquest of Germania, instead switching to tribute collection, thus can be considered one of the most important events in European history.
After this series, I would like you to cover Germanicus vengeance on Arminius
the douglas skin we get from the code is epic.
i'm addicted to the red squares vs blue squares shenanigans
I still mourn a certain red square even after 2 Malenia
😂 me too. I would play a game like this if it had a good story, territory, family trees you know.
@@Steven-dt5nu Avalon Hill Games makes quite a few games using ‘counters’, called ‘chits’, symbolizing infantry and cavalry, to play-out many historical battles. We played them all through the 70’s and 80’s. I highly recommend them!
How about we have continuation of THE green vs red squares saga
@@AlwinAzraindilFromaRuinedWorld soon someone would as this same question in Morse Code lol
Roman legionary:
The trees: Gesundheit
Roman legionary: wtf?
*They got owned so hard, the man who sings Bella Ciao is called Berlin*
"The path is safe, trust me bro."
-Arminius
*"I'm telling you Varus! He vented!"*
*"Shut up bro, you just SUSsy"*
*Recorded dialogue of Varus and Arminius'dad calling him unreliable. Yes, this happened for real and that was the dialogue 100%*
Arminius sounds a lot of Alpharius no?
"Hey, I know a good place for an ambush"
-Hermann
One of Rome's worst defeats.. still happy you're covering it
a blow from inside in deed (Arminius)
*And then Germanicus made romans worst defeats...for the barbarians in turn*
@@GAarcherhe didn't do much, he did a lot more politically and in Illyria. His father was the only very successful Roman against the Germans until the Marcomannic wars.
I mean not really. If you compare it to Cannae and other major losses where they lost over 70,000+ soldiers. 15,000 is a pretty small defeat in the grand scheme of things if we compare it to other losses in their history
@@jamesschaller753 As I understand it, Rome's military was more professional at this time. Meaning man for man, the military was stronger, but also more expensive. Rome didn't have an expansive empire back during Cannae that required a large military presence throughout the region. Those 80,000 were men taken off the streets and trained and equipped in short order, and while they would be sorely missed, it would not be for their military prowess.
Losing a large force abroad in the field would have after shocks throughout the empire. It took years to prepare and position those legions. Losing them reset the board in Germany.
What's better than historymarche voice narrating one of the most iconic battles in history.
The English accent is unmatched when it comes to storytelling
Deadliest forest hike in history.
People that think length of time cheapens the death are weird.
General Saint Clair, in 1791/2, believed the same thing when he forced the newly minted US Army to march against the Indian tribes under President Washington's tenure. But like Varus, his march cost many men, and Washington lost valuable US regiments.
By now everyone should know that you don't take your army down the mountain path no matter how much of a shortcut it seems to be.
🤣
@@alexanderrahl482 i rather be weird then have no humor :p
I think this is not just about Arminius' betrayal and Varus' gullibility, but also the problem to hold a difficult territory with 3 Legions that was gained by 11 Legions. So Tiberius contributed to the defeat by withdrawing 8 of the legions with him....
It's highly similar to when President George Washington's military leadership & generals were utterly reckless & incompetent during the Wabash campaign in the 1790s. They lost a lot of men and literality regiments during the campaign akin to Varus's march.
In hindsight Ilyria was way more important than germania. Mind you that one revolt there almost toppled the whole of the roman empire, while in germania the germans had always a pretty hard time to cross the fortified rhine, but yes it was still dumb to let such a ferocious land be guarded by 3 legions
To be fair It was either loosing Germania (which doesn't have loads of resources or riches) or loosing other roman territories more useful for their central economy. They couldn't keep all that ground.
@@ancorgarciaalvarez Or even losing them.
This must be one of your best, if not the best, video narration ever from you. You had me glued to the screen, despite already knowing the outcome. The daunting doom music and your narration killed it. Well done, man, well done.
The Germans did what others could not, but deep down there must have been thousands of tribes who were wishing this.
I never get tired of this Narrators voice. To me he is right up there with Sir David Attenborough.
The Germans got lucky because of bad leadership
I believe it is in Tacitus that the fates of captured legionaries are recorded. Some were sacrificed to Germanic gods, but most were sacrificed to something translated as "the algurythm".
This has to be one of the best British narration voices I have heard in a long time. I thought Tim Piggot Smiths voice was good and draws you in, but this guy is certainly up in the top 3 best narrators.
Amazing video as usual! Thank you guys for actually adapting Germanicus' punitive campaigns instead of stopping at teutoburg
Varus give me back my Legions 💀
" I'm tired, boss "
😅@@Rome.s_Greatest_Enemy
I wonder if Augustus knew those would wind up being his most famous words 😅
@@MrBubblecakenah “I found Rome a city of stone, I leave it a city of marble” are way more famous
Those words are more a legend than that they realy spoken.
I watched it like it was a war drama. Excellent video. Great job!
"Varus Quintilius, descended from a famous rather than a high-born family, was a man of mild character and of a quiet disposition, somewhat slow in mind as he was in body, and more accustomed to the leisure of the camp than to actual service in war. That he was no despiser of money is demonstrated by his governorship of Syria: he entered this rich province a poor man, and left this poor province a rich man." - Velleius Paterculus, Roman History
My family
Whoa, he's just like me.
Yeah easy to insult a dead man.
@@bluewizzard8843 Especially if he died due to his own incompetence.
@@brainflash1
Honestly, we're all armchair historians right now . I think most people including me would have suffered the same faith in this woods. It's an ambush nonetheless and even today after hundreds of years of cutting them down, where our forests still consist in germany they're deep....and he being in the north east where It's rather rainy I can't fathom how hard it would be to walk through literal mud after thousands of others walked through it before you.
Congratulations on the way you create such great suspense and storytelling with stories that we already know the outcome of. Luckily I've been with this channel since the first video. Thank you!!!
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Battle at Pontus Longi
Battle of the Weser River
Battle of the Angrivarian Wall
"Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions" - Augustus
Say what you will. Arminius and this battle was probably one of the main reasons that provincial soldiers always got stationed in the other end of the empire from their home province. Atleast that is my amateur historian take on it.
Anyone who doesn't read that in Brian Blessed's voice needs to watch I Claudius.
@@sam1111979 CHISWICK! FRESH HORSES!
Oh wait, that's something else...
Amazing you guys have covered this battle now! Very glad to be watching such an iconic battle on such a great channel.
Idk care what video you drop.. I will always tune in.. 🐐 of UA-cam💯🔥💯
History marche,! Thanks For all your hardwork! Is always appreciated 😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much 😀
36 mins of goodness, thank you for all your work!
This is like a horror movie. Jason lurking in the woods is less scary actually.
Terrific video! This has to one of the costliest 'betrayals' in military history, and in retrospect Varus does seem to have been a bit naive. One wonders at what point in the ordeal the average legionary realized that they were utterly doomed...
September 11, 9AD.
The other 9/11.
Exactly what I thought
Great detail.... nicely done.... a lot more to this rendition than is normally offered.
Amazing video HM! love these Roman series can't wait for the next part!
Great video! I had forgotten that Varus was a coward and took his own life instead of standing up and facing the enemy. He thought he was going on parade and died the biggest fool in Roman history. Varus and the legions got what they deserved.
Dude this channel is awesome.
We need Historymarche to make a series that covers the wars and battles between the Parthians and the Romans from 53 BC till 20 BC
Liked before even watching. You know it's going to be good!
As someone watching every single video of yours I want to say thank you and just comment for the algorithm basically. May the glory be yours !!
I appreciate it
So cool to see more details on the armies now!
Watching this video from Germany does add to the experience
🙌
"Varus! Give me back my legions!" Augustus cried.
I don't know WHY I say this every time I see a video of one of the most infamous ambushes of all time....
VARE, VARE, LEGIONES REDDE!!!!
"Roses are red,"
I rule many regions,
Quintilius Varus,
Give me back my legions!"
- Augustus, probably...
Agrippa, I am Imperator.
Best video of the Teuteburg forest battle I have seen so far! I hope more acheological findings confirm how the battle evolved!
Hope your father is doing better! love your videos 🙏 keep em coming
As a German this battle continues to be a bit more special to me than most of your other superb covered battles of old. The defeat of a seemingly unstoppable war machine by simple tribesmen who just had enough of being bullied around.
I especially like how you continue to evolve the quality of the channel and step it up a bit every time you make a video.
Thx and keep it up.....
i'm sure they hated the romans but this was a meticulously organised set of attacks, the romans also took revenge in full a couple years later
@@istoppedcaring6209 ...it was. Furthermore the german tribes not only failed to form under one banner but remained split into smaller regional groups and continued to squablle amongst each other and even asassinated Arminius a few years later....
@@Fabsterman I was not fully aware of how he died, I do think Romans had some involvement even though indirectly.
Rome fanboys are infuriated by this comment.
@@Fabsterman”A few years” being at least 12 years later + never being fully vanquished & w/even Rome begrudgingly conceding he had stood up to Rome at the height of its power.
The Romans should have stayed in Camp in the opening until the Weather cleared up ! That was a big mistake
"The Romans are no more", he said....That's what he thought and was hoping for. But he only made Rome angry.
Poor Augustus, I can easily imagine how desperate he must have felt. 🤯😭😵💫
What a movie.
Great channel ever.
Thanks for the hard work and also want more about the series.
Also remember Hannibal.
Never been more excited for a series!
"Most disastrous defeat in roman history"
hannibal: 👀 👀
Hannibal won battles, but lost the war.
@@DisFantasyyea but he still got 80k romans killed in one battle
Yes, but then Carthage was gone.@@virmontis2754
@@swedish_main Had nothing to do with Hannibal.
@swedish_main Arminius got killed afterwards too, so it's not a real difference and germania never even unified.
Forest Elves in fantasy: tall, slender, noble and friendly race.
Forest "Elves" irl: *GUTEN TAG.*
he's gotta do timurid conquest. one of the most underrated, underrepresented and important events in history
can you make a 10 Rome worst defeats playlist I am sure Hannibal will be 5 of them
Can’t imagine the fear alone of walking through a silent scary forest like that on top of being chased and stalked to death by the Germans it must have been a true horror movie and absolutely terrifying
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Teutoburg Forst battles, which were Roman legions exterminated completely by Germanic tribes warriors whom ledger by a Arranous commanders( betrayed Romans in that challenge ) after 10 years same Arranous murdered by Germans themselves. This magnificent episode was shared by an amazing ( History Marche) channel . Thanks for sharing.
One of the Worst Defeats the Romans Ever Received
Nofthing compared to cannae, its just that at that time rome was much more persistent than after this battle.
@@gaja9092 Arausio 105 b.C.
@@gaja9092 I think the time they lost a naval battle against a people who first saw the ocean in that generation was the most embarassing. Gaiserich is underrated.
@@gaja9092 No Cannae was a bitter defeat but the difference here is the romans now had a Empire to lose. Augustus had 28 elite Legions with Veterans from after the civil war during the early Empire and in Teutoburg he lost 3 of them, which were now missing to secure the new Empire on all other borders and internaly hence his famous quote.
After Cannae the romans still had the power to expand. After Teutoburg the romans had to give up germania as a province to secure everything else.
@@denniseggert211 so when you are stronger and lose less, it is a worse situation then when you were weaker and lost more.
Thanks for another great video!! You guys rock!
Pleasee upload Part 20 of Second Punic War....Its been over a year, not a joke anymore
"Quinctili vare, redde legiones!"-octavianus
so glad you covered this cheers!
Saving this for later when I’m having my meal, it’s to good to watch without
Can’t wait for part 2!
I always thought you could make a great horror movie following a group of legionaries in the march through the teutoberg forest.
Centurion is pretty much that but in Scotland
The Netflix series is decent
As soon as I saw this in my notifications I knew it would be another absolute banger
There is no honor in betrayal.
these videos are just what my mind created when i was a child playing with my lego mighty armies XD love u history march
Well done. Very well familiar. Thank you for the detail. Many think it was one day. Imagine
Varus is a noob. They told him, it,s a trap, but he thought(hey maybe the threes have fallen from themselves in front of our path).
Thank you for all your videos, you are my absolute favorite channel to watch about history and I really enjoy the top down maps, I enjoy watching that tactics play out. Hope can I learn more about top down tactics?
Amazing recreation as always!
Thank you so much 😀
Where did all these additional details come from? Have additional letters been discovered? Lots of detail not provided previously!
Very detailed and informative ❤❤
Thanks for more on the old world
AWESOME! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD. THIS SERIES WILL BE A NICE COMPANION TO LIVIUS'S ANNALI
Thank you for video. Please continue the Hannibal series. More than a year has passed since the last part release.
Please do a full series on this.
wow finally going back to early Imperial Rome now
If you ever think about combining a couple series into an audiobook I might have an interest in listening to it, Fry's Mythos series could been a good example of this, much love anyways!
"The get back will be SWIFT." -Germanicus
The Romans should’ve placed beer and sausages out in the open. That would’ve lured the Germans out of hiding…
🤣🤣🤣
Outstanding content Sir!
Glad you think so!
What a classic!
Creepy episode, was awesome!
Historymarche doing teutoburg was an automatic click
I know hindsight is everything, was it not obvious after the 1st day attack that there was only two sensible options: Go back as they came, or (since the scouts didn't return) build one of those impenitrable Roman fortification and waitout the Germans. Afterall they still had their supplies, theyve got the numbers and the had injured to deal with, some of whom would have recovered and rejoin the ranks, and also for the weather to improve.
Why press on into the unknown when you suspected that you may have been betrayed by the person who recommended the same route?
Hmmmm
Agree. Have you ever been in a sensible decision situation.....and made the wrong one? I have. Peace and goodwill.
@@martinwarner1178 lol I made 1 this week still cleaning up the mess i created after ignoring the obvious sensible solution.
I was just hoping that someone might know more about this event and give a situational theory of why he did end up with those decisions. But i get get you sometime we all do stupid things...even clever people.
It does seem odd that the obvious worse choice (to go forward) was taken.
Roman arrogance
We want Germanicus’ parts
Excellent and Interesting as always…. Love your videos
Really enjoyed this!
Yep all there superior tactics and equipment meant nothing in those conditions pure genius 👏
“Quinctilius Varus!!!!! WHERE ARE MY EAGLESSSS!!!!!” -Emperor Brian Blessed
The Mother of ambushes
"Was your trust in me. I ask myself... What were you fighting for? And Was it worth it?"
-Arminius.
When an Eagle falls, the German boars and wolves stomp and chant. When the Eagle falls an entire Flock will pursue them no matter how far they ran. Trees and Swamps shield Germanic Tribal Fauna, except from gazing eyes of Roman Aquila. Perched atop branches and lofty skies, The Roman Eagles fly high waiting to Strike. SPQOR🦅
Can't wait for the next campaign videos. 💯🔥
goddamn im pumped for the next part
Great video!
Amazing video. Just amazing. Now give us Part 2 fast not in the next 2 years ;) Hannibal Tea Party style.
Should've posted this on Halloween it is a horror movie after all
Imagine being a Roman solider in this battle. Hungry, exhausted, and thoroughly worn down by the three days fighting. All your officers and leadership is killed and there is no escape. The only real commanding officer is Eggius. You out up a last stand by the Eagle…
Love it! Keep 'em comin'!
Man, I had no idea that Varus committed suicide at the worst possible moment when his men needed him. Must be such a bad sign for the rank and file and self-fulfilling prophecy of total destruction when the command commits suicide rather than facing the risks.
it is certainly a mind breaking task to even consider what a single legionary would have been thinking and seeing in these fatal hours, darkness, death, the rain beating down relentlessly, endless screams and terror unlike anything any Roman would have ever felt before or since. it must have seemed like the very forest was alive and killing all around you like the demons and monsters of the void. i feel nothing but pity for those poor legion members every last man. and nothing but respect for the ruthlessness of the germanium, that would never be shaken from their culture until the early years of Imperial Germany.
He was sad because he was going to die instead of killing and taking slaves and loot.
@@freefall9832 oh so just about every major state power since the beginning of time. How observant of you
Thanks. I pity the horses, but they were valued by the victors and not put to the sword.
@@freefall9832 oh hooray the horses didnt die! But men were staked to trees and mutilated and dumped in mass graves in a forest.
Get help buddy
@shrubby-ov4yw They were Romans. There was no pity. Romans were the worst. Horrible people, and they got what they deserved.
best channel
I am from near that region where the battle took place and Arminius was only called Hermann beginning in the 16th Century AD. Probably it was Martin Luther (the person who started the separation of the catholic church) who first called Arminius Hermann.
“ The fate of the Romans captured in that place is terrible beyond description” What a copout! Tortured, Boiled alive, skinned, deboned, and used in rituals. How hard was that?