The Germanic Tribes

The Battle Of The Teutoburg Forest (1x2)

Uitzenddatum: Jul 16, 2007

Real historical figure, Arminius, the son of a warlord, was abducted from his father to be educated in Rome. Becoming Roman officer, he returned to Germany in the year 7 or 8 AD to help the Roman governor Varus to extend the authority of the empire to the north. Back in his homeland, he finds that even if the two nations have become accustomed to live together, the right is flouted by ancient Germanic Romans. Arminius managed to unite so many Germanic peoples and organized rebellion against the Romans. In the battle between the legions of Varus, AD 9, in the Teutoburg Forest, it deals the Roman Empire one of its most severe defeats