Secret History

The Lost Legions of Varus (9x3)

Data di messa in onda: Ago 23, 2001

Documentary looking at the massacre of three Roman legions (numbering about twenty thousand men) in the forests of Northern Germany in 9 AD. Considers events leading up to the massacre and the deception and ambush that occurred and the impact it had on the Romans and Roman society. Also considers the legacy of this event on both Roman expansionism and German nationalism.