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Yes I really dont know much about Roman history. Thanks for the suggestion.

• SEJeff 8y ago
  Randomly, one of the most brazen and successful ambushes was actually from the Germanic tribes. Lookup the battle of Teutoberg Forest. Romans had a habit of taking the sons of the kings/chiefs of conquered people, shipping them back to rome, and raising them as Roman Aristocracy. This Germanic prince, Arminius, was one of those children. He decided to join the Roman military and learned their ways and entirely immersed himself in all things Roman. He became quite established himself and gained the trust of Quintillius Varus, the local Roman governor / general. Arminius brought a fake report of a Germanic tribe rebellion on the opposite side of the Teutoberg Forest, to which Varus decided three Roman Legions could put down. Little did he know that Arminius had been plotting with the Germanic tribes to setup a massive ambush in the forest, where Roman military tactics would prove little advantage. Arminius left early to "convince the germanic tribes to support the Romans" but secretly lead them into setting up several ambushes. The Roman line was almost 15-20km long per recovered artifacts from the actual scene as the passage was narrow and hard to move through. So the Germanic tribes (3 of them if memory serves) trapped the Romans in from the front and rear while raining javelins down from both sides and then moving in for the close kill. It was an utter bloodbath and virtually all of three entire Roman Legions were obliterated (estimated 15-20k casualties). Live by the sword, die by the sword.
  • objektif 8y ago
    Wow fascinating story. Gotta read more on Roman history.