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Battles that Changed History: Teutoburg Forest

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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht, or Varusschlacht), described as the Varian Disaster (Clades Variana) by Roman historians, took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus’s auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army’s tactical responses.

9 Comments on Battles that Changed History: Teutoburg Forest

  1. I read a story about how the British won a battle with the Turks in WWI because a captain remember a story in the Bible that happen at the exact same place.

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  2. revolver news out with more on the ‘insurrection’

    Gov’t prosecutors have been claiming that jan 6 was an insurrection and the main perps were members of the oath keepers. The gov’t has been on an all out war on them. Problem is, the leader of the oath keepers, who has total control of the oath keepers, and did all of the instigating for jan 6 has been left alone and has not been hounded to hell like the other oath keepers.
    Bottom line: there is a lot of evidence that the leader of the oath keepers has a long relationship with the fbi and he is not being charged at all, much less to the hilt like all the other oath keepers, because it would expose the FBI invlovement in SETTING THE WHOLE THING UP.

    This revolver piece may become national conversation just like the previous one did.

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  3. “Quintiliius Varus… bring back my Eagles!!” Augustus

    This was a gnarly fight too. They burned captured Roman soldiers in cages alive. I think they lost 3 entire legions. Tiberius’ retaliation only happened because Germanicus was sent to poke Tiberius into action. Germanicus was loved by his soldiers and the people of Rome. Tiberius… not so much.

    Why are we taking about this? Is there a new film on the horizon. I haven’t thought about this fight in a long while.

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  4. What the $#@& is “CE?” 🤨

    “Constipated ecologists?” “Craptacular expectations?” “Crummy episode?”

    Because I know it has NOTHING to do with, “Anno Domini.”

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  5. Awesome battle to read about. Recent archeological work has uncovered bits of skeletons both human and mules, bits of equipment, etc., and have nailed down the exact site of the battle, a wooded hill on one side and a swamp on the other. The wild German tribesmen, screened by the forest on the hillside, came down on the Romans and slaughtered 3 legions and camp followers without mercy. The Romans were caught with no escape. Varus the commander, fell on his sword. The book is called 9 AD, I think, but I know longer have it.

  6. The Germans lured the Romans past their lines of communication and then started killing off stragglers. They made “hit-and-run” attacks through the impenetrable forest, killing some and demoralizing others. The wounded fell to sickness and, eventually, death. After the attritional march the Germans attacked en masse.

    Arminius’s brother remained loyal to the Romans and Arminius, himself, came to a bad end.

    At least, that’s what they taught us in plumbing school.

    izlamo delenda est …

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