: : I remember the XVII (17th) and two other legions being
: Well, I don't know about Celts in Gaul, but in 9 A.D.
: Quinctilius Varus, then Governor of Germania, led
: Roman legions XVII, XVIII, and XIX, as well as six
: cohorts and cavalry into the Teutoburg Forest in
: Germany where they were ambushed by Germanic forces
: under Arminius, a German general and former member of
: the Roman Army.
: The Romans were crushed. Roughly 20,000 Roman soldiers
: were killed. No Roman legion would ever again be named
: XVII, XVIII, or XIX.
: -Phil.
Just incidentally, did you realize that all three terms we usually use for Germanic peoples (german, teutonic, gothic) are NOT derived at ALL from german? Isn't that weird?
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