The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9 C.E.) 

If it was the year 9 how were there already full-grown adults?

Never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, or Varus where Augustus' legions went

What you didn't mention was the commander of the Germans, Arminius, was a German noble educated in Rome. He used Roman tactics against Roman legions. He would be later assassinated by his own family at the age of 37 as he wanted to be King of Germany.

The Germans were like *WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP*

you completely left out Arminius. he masterminded the plot against Varus

Roses are red, Italy has many regions, Quintus Varius GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!

No mention of Arminius? He was the mastermind behind all that happened in the Teutoberg forest. He was so involved that he became closely associated to Varus in order to trick him to those traps. If Arminius wasn't there, Rome wouldn't have suffered it's greatest defeat and Germany would be very different.

"Don't invade Gernania in the year NEIN." - Gaius Iulius Caesar

William: "You ignored the rules of engagement! In a fair fight, I'd kill you!" Jack: "Well that's not much incentive for me to fight fairly, now is it?"

Did Romans ever utilize... y'know, scouts?

It's worth mentioning that the Romans also preferred fighting in the open because the Legions fought more effectively that way. A legion could not form properly in dense forests, and also couldn't use the mobility of the legions to their fullest.

Quintus, ohhhh Quintus Varius GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!!

I love how "Flevoland" a Duch province that was raised from the water is visible on a Roman map.

You did not mention, Arminius the german general leading the battle. He had dual citizenship (roman/german), received roman military education and even made it into the rang of officer. In School (Gemany) they taught us, that his cultural and military knowledge of the romans played a huge role in the victories. Only through is insights he could anticipate how the romans would behave and lead them into so many ambushes.

Rome and Germany - the Cowboys and Indians of classical antiquity.

Great video man but i only need to say two things you missed: 1. Varus decided to cross the swarm because that's what arminius (his germanic right hand) convinced him to do 2. Romans were experts, the best in the world actually, in open field battles that's why Varus trusting in the roman strategies decides to confront the germanic tribes there.

Shame there was no mention of Arminius, the mastermind of it all. He was the one who planned it all right under Varus's nose, and was commander of the auxilliary German cavalry.

Kind of mind blowing to think that this ambush is the reason we're speaking English right now. If Rome ruled Germany then a Romance language would have been spoken by the Saxons or whatever other tribe would have taken their place.

Your videos are much more sensible and professional than the other similar like this

the animations and narration are getting so much better.Just don't stop making content.

I love how easy these are to understand and follow. Thanks for making these.

Underrated channel

*wanders around house beating head against walls* "Oh, Historia Civilis! Give me my Arminius!"

He protec He attac But most importantly, HE DONT GIVE MA LEGIONS BAC

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Nothing to chill down after a hard day of work like learning about battles from a good history channel, keep up the good work!, people need to learn more about the past and these videos make it very easy to understand and enjoy, would love to have a teacher use this kind of media to teach history back in school.

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Keep up the great work. Love these battles, educational and great content.

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That is some red wedding type of conspiracy.

I keep coming back to this channel every few months..even tho in the stories..the videos still so fun to watch

Germans be like: "GET OUT O MAH SWAMP"

He was an honourable man, and he was murdered for it. Reminds me of Game of Thrones for some reason.

Glad to see you're back. I've missed your videos. Also, 3:00 "My boy Caesar would never have pulled stuff like this."

Brilliant, thank you so much for all this great videos. I'm glad you are back!

They were sacrificed to the Old Gods.

That is historical incorect. 1) Varus had have outer flanks but the switched side 2) Romans didn´t fight in open fields for honor. They fight because it was their best way to fight. I mean USA likes deserts because they can use their tanks and planes. Not because they like one to one battle and see their enemie. 3) they romans didnt marched in this patterns. In this area you could only march in 3-4mans rows. their trail was 10-20km long. And germans used hit and run tactics 4) You forget that their were always alot of civilians with the army 5) you forget that the romans leave the civilians behind at day 4 6) the last fight you get totally wrong. It was a lake and forest. The germans built a wall a long the forest an hide there. So one hand wall other hand lake. Between them two only small space

Wow, your production is noticeably improved in this video! Happy to see it, along side this great look at one of Rome's greatest defeats.

Hi, and thank you for creating this channel and giving of your time to making these videos of excellent content! I hope in the future you make more videos and even expand to covering medieval wartactics and social structures. Take care!

omg! about time you made another video. There are so few channels like yours. Thanks man.

Glad you came back! Noone really does videos like this, please keep them coming!

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Always hard to watch a defeat! But equally important. Thanks for another video, these are great.

Coming to this after watching the ceasar playlist and the unfinished octavia playlist feels like i skipped 2 seasons of an anime.

YES!!! He's back and with an awesome topic!!!!

Your videos are amazing!! This is my favorite period in history and watching your videos help me learn so much!

Found this today, Thank you for taking your time making these videos.

Another great video. Should have mentioned the quote from Augustus after hearing of the defeat though! "Quintili Vare, legiones redde!“ ('Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!')

You sir deserve a millions subs :)

Very well put together episode, thank you for sharing.

love your channel, been a total war fan for years, got me into history at an early age

Maybe my view on this is a bit biased, as I come from Germany, however I think that you really missed out on a big part of this battle, namely Arminius who was somewhat the German commander after betraying Rome. Anyways, keep up the great work!!!

I wish this could be made into a movie B>

Great to see more of your videos. Truly awesome work and very educating. I hope to see more stuff in the future.

thanks uploading your video.Great job. we need people like you.

And back to some Total Rome II...

Actually the reason that Varus lost the battle, was because of his co - officer Armenius. Armenius was the prince of a germanic tribe and even if he was a roman high rank officer he hated Rome and wanted to free his country. While heading North Varus learned about a conspiracy between Armenius and the leaders of many german tribes, so he changed his plans a peaked an alternate and aknown route for his troops. In reality he actually send calvary scouts to check for ambushes, while he was passing through the forest. It was a standard way in the roman army when he was moving into an aknown territory. Thow he didn't know that Armenius had the control of the calvary and the reason he was left wasn't to bring help, but for meeting his troops with the germans in the forest. Remember that scout calvary .. Well they were the first to charge against the Romans.. the rest of the battle was a complite disaster with Varus killing himself and the rest of the army slaughtered in the battlefield. The myth says that after the battle, Armenius found the body of Varus and cut his head to send it to another german leader that didn't want to join his know united germanic state.

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

It's just so great when you can go into the description of a video and find the music used.

Publius: I marched my whole army into a swamp between hills. Caesar: That's not very red box of you.

Wish you covered more of the personal history surrounding Varus. Such as the dispute between Arminius and his uncle Segestes (who tried to warn Varus of the uprising and later got revenge by helping murder Arminius)

Even though they're far between these videos are always fantastic. Keep up the good work!

your channel is so awesome dude. I gave up on finding stuff about Roman history on RU-vid beyond history channel vhs rips lol. I wrote my thesis when I attempted college about this battle so when I saw this it warmed my cold heart.

I always wondered what might have happened if there had been a commander who was both a skilled diplomat and a skilled tactician there instead of Varus. This was a disaster that could have been avoided.

Clear logic without useless baggage and solid animation, great work!

Great video as always, glad you're making them again.

Please keep making more videos!!! They're amazing!!!

Another thing, during the first engagement the Romans couldn't return fire at first. Each legionary would carry their pila and fortification equipment slung over their shoulder in a bundle. When they first came under fire, their immediate reaction was drop the bundle, raise your scutum, and draw your gladius. The lack of initial return fire led to even more deaths for the Romans in the initial engagement.

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I get excited every time i see a new video from you man great work.

Thank you for making these videos, there's a great knowledge in them!

Somebody should ask Tribune Aquila if Quintis Varus can give back his legions

This multi-day battle would be great for the Netflix series. But of course that would mean less time for the love triangle I guess. (Love Barbarians still, and of course this channel too)

I love all your Videos of these battleformations. Bless you and make more of it pretty please!

this was incredible. thank you for your videos.

great video plzz do more

He was like the Dj Khaled of building encampments...another one...another one.

God bless you man, these things are so good, and so correct, and also so hard to find information about.

The quality have really improved, love your videos keep up the work! :D

"Varus, give me back my legions!"

Very good video! I knew about the battle but never in much detail. I had no idea that Varus sent off 10 cohorts, or that there had been several encampments during the four days of ambushes.

All of your videos are just soooo good, mate! Thank you! :)

Please keep them coming! I love your videos! Just amazing!

7:13 - It was at this moment Varus knew he f...d up.

To be fair, the Romans crucified their fallen and soon to be dead enemies as well. Thousands of crucifixes lined the Via Appia when the Roman legions slaughtered the rebelling slaves under Spartacus and thousands of rebelling Jews were crucified after the three Roman-Jewish wars. There's just no better "Don't fuck with us!" sign than displaying the tortured corpses of your enemies ;-) And the Germans knew that too.

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Please please please please please please PLEASE do the Battle of Pharsalus!

"He made his men make another fortified encampent" I loved it when you said that

Great info and excellent presentation. Thank you

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Who's here after the trailer 'Barbarians' on Netflix?

"Varus, give me back my legions"

Love these. Great job as always.

Please keep up the great work, these videos are amazing!

I wonder why you didn't mention Arminius, he was the mastermind behind uniting the Germanic tribes and luring the Romans into this trap

So no mention of the heavy taxation and romanization that lead to the betrayal in the first place? Such a scenario was a similar setting to Boudicca's revolt.

I've never even heard of this battle, but I knew exactly what was going to happen the moment you started describing the terrain.

Great video, as always, you should be more popular. I believe you can be one of the bigger channels. Good work.