Thanks for the tour... I've always wanted to visit this battlefield. Been to Germany many times, but never enough time to make it to this place. With all of that said, I think the video would be easier to watch without the background music.
Three Roman legions were destroyed here - Legio XVII, XVIII & XIX. Around 20,000 heavily armed, well trained, well equipped men destroyed by men of the forest. The aquilae of these legions would be recovered decades later. Quite sobering.
The area looks so peaceful now, hard to imagine the carnage and nightmarish horror that occurred here. 36,000 soldiers, their women, their children, their pack animals, all slaughtered in this one spot.
Every European should be taught about this most important battle that happened more than 2000 years ago in order to understand why we have had wars with germany.
It is not sure that the site is the place of the battle in 9 AD between Arminius and the Roman leader Quinctilius Varus. It might be the site of a battle in the campains following the emperor Augustus death in 14 AD. But probably it's the true site of the battle of Varus - bellum Varianum.
That's not true. This battle did not effectively halt Roman expansion but it did mark the beginning of the end of it. After this battle, Roma went back in years later with a vengeance & absolutely slaughtered every single German they came across, regardless of sex or age. They also burnt every single village they came across down to ash.
Remember, germanic tribes eventually conquered the roman empire, starting with the Marcomanni in Romania. They were imperial life guards by the time of Constanine and, eventually Italy (north and south) was, more ore less entirely taken over by germanic peoples such as the Ostrogoths, Vandals, Langobards, Carolingians, Normans, to name but a few.
@UCj_d27oKv7V69aFu7oOYYkw Can a hostage deceive its kidnapper? I think not. To impose Varus was just a ingenious method and a justified cunning of war to annihilate 3 Roman legions with an outnumbered undisciplined inferior armed horde of tribal warriors and to finish Roman's ambitions to conquer GERMANIA MAGNA for all times./ Vercingetorix in GALLIA and Bouadicca in ENGLAND foundered.
How could they have time to gather sticks and mount a perimeter with an enemy constantly harrasing them with arrows, javelins and in close quarter combat?
@@simaozinho37 Tell that to the legions during the battle of dyrrachium where ceasars legions build a 20 km long walls on the hills to encircle the forces of pompey and just pin him down where cant move his forces, especially his cavalry where ceasar was outnumbered in. Of course pompey knew what was happening and he immediately began build his own wall opposite the walls of ceasar to get as much space as possible, while both armies kept harassing each other.
Are you sure? What would the Romans have listened to? Or Herman the German btw (Arminus)? Arguably stoner metal such as in this very video (if they'd had it around that is) ;-)
great video....i recommend to switch off the sound
music too loud, camera panning too quick.
agreed!
Thanks for the tour... I've always wanted to visit this battlefield. Been to Germany many times, but never enough time to make it to this place. With all of that said, I think the video would be easier to watch without the background music.
Same here. I have been to Munster several times and never find the time to make it there. One day.
I actually like the music! 😂
Excellent video. Thanks a lot for the tour.
Three Roman legions were destroyed here - Legio XVII, XVIII & XIX. Around 20,000 heavily armed, well trained, well equipped men destroyed by men of the forest. The aquilae of these legions would be recovered decades later. Quite sobering.
The area looks so peaceful now, hard to imagine the carnage and nightmarish horror that occurred here. 36,000 soldiers, their women, their children, their pack animals, all slaughtered in this one spot.
Amazing video!
Awesome video, I recommend to crank it up....
Every European should be taught about this most important battle that happened more than 2000 years ago in order to understand why we have had wars with germany.
Germany was never the problem, only those that use the strength of European nations to do their bidding and fighting their wars. The you know who's.
I recommend turning up the heavy metal music and play that repeated phrase "...mass destruction and the holy grail" forty more times.
Here after watching Barbarians on Netflix
me too
It is not sure that the site is the place of the battle in 9 AD between Arminius and the Roman leader Quinctilius Varus. It might be the site of a battle in the campains following the emperor Augustus death in 14 AD. But probably it's the true site of the battle of Varus - bellum Varianum.
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Music has to go!
That's not true. This battle did not effectively halt Roman expansion but it did mark the beginning of the end of it. After this battle, Roma went back in years later with a vengeance & absolutely slaughtered every single German they came across, regardless of sex or age. They also burnt every single village they came across down to ash.
Remember, germanic tribes eventually conquered the roman empire, starting with the Marcomanni in Romania. They were imperial life guards by the time of Constanine and, eventually Italy (north and south) was, more ore less entirely taken over by germanic peoples such as the Ostrogoths, Vandals, Langobards, Carolingians, Normans, to name but a few.
Arminio recibió de su propia medicina pocos años despues por parte deJULIO CESAR GREMANICO
@@apis_aculei he did get an effective ass whooping by Germanicus before that
The Roman's had it coming..to bad it didn't happen to them earlier
very nice
Today we need another Arminius again.///“Overboarding, unlimited, unconditional tolerance is he last virtue of drowning civilizations.” Aristoteles
@UCj_d27oKv7V69aFu7oOYYkw Can a hostage deceive its kidnapper? I think not. To impose Varus was just a ingenious method and a justified cunning of war to annihilate 3 Roman legions with an outnumbered undisciplined inferior armed horde of tribal warriors and to finish Roman's ambitions to conquer GERMANIA MAGNA for all times./ Vercingetorix in GALLIA and Bouadicca in ENGLAND foundered.
or another Vlad the Impaler, sometimes the world does not need another hero, but a monster.
the romans never tried to conquer uncivilised lands, they were fed up with this after seeing what was over the rhine....
Awful music choice
Couldn’t watch…music totally wrong for video content…AND TOO FN LOUD !!!
Recently, was decovered that the wall was made by the romans in a hurry
How could they have time to gather sticks and mount a perimeter with an enemy constantly harrasing them with arrows, javelins and in close quarter combat?
@@simaozinho37 Tell that to the legions during the battle of dyrrachium where ceasars legions build a 20 km long walls on the hills to encircle the forces of pompey and just pin him down where cant move his forces, especially his cavalry where ceasar was outnumbered in. Of course pompey knew what was happening and he immediately began build his own wall opposite the walls of ceasar to get as much space as possible, while both armies kept harassing each other.
As this critical battle stopped Rome's eastward advance across the Rhine, America slowed the advance of communism across the mysterious far east.
the Romans are like the Borg, the new Rome defeated the Germans in 1945
Dreadful distractive garbage music. Out of touch!!!
Are you sure? What would the Romans have listened to? Or Herman the German btw (Arminus)? Arguably stoner metal such as in this very video (if they'd had it around that is) ;-)
furchtbares video
If it was done without the stupid music, it would have been good.
Stupid is who stupid does! Haha cheers!