“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Left to right: Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Poland

Hitzacker, Germany, 1920s

"Varus, give me back my legions!" ~ Emperor Augustus


The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus.

Contemporary and modern historians have generally regarded Arminius' victory over Varus as "Rome's greatest defeat", one of the most decisive battles recorded in military history, and as "a turning-point in world history".