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Which might tell a story in itself. This might have been a small detachment that was ambushed and utterly wiped out, leaving nobody alive on the Roman side to
by jandrese 2y ago
Which might tell a story in itself. This might have been a small detachment that was ambushed and utterly wiped out, leaving nobody alive on the Roman side to perform the traditional funeral rites. Instead the attackers were left to bury the bodies in their own tradition.
- lukan 2y ago"Instead the attackers were left to bury the bodies in their own tradition." Germanic tribes usually burned their bodies as well. But that does not mean, they feld oblieged to give the enemy a proper rite.
- fsckboy 2y ago>This might have been a small detachment that was ambushed and utterly wiped out or even three legions, 16,000–20,000 killed. "Teutoburg Forest is considered one of the most important defeats in Roman history, bringing the triumphant period of expansion under Augustus to an abrupt end. It dissuaded the Romans from pursuing the conquest of Germania, and so can be considered one of the most important events in European history." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
- woodson 2y agoTo be fair, that’s pretty far from Vienna. Those seem to be separate incidents.