In the autumn of 9AD, three Roman legions were marching through Teutoburg Forest in Germania when they suddenly came under ambush. Well over 15,000 Roman soldiers were killed in an attack led by a Germanic prince named Arminius, a man who went from being a Roman hostage to serving in the Roman Legions to obtaining a Roman citizenship and commanding Roma…
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