The Roman civil wars of the 1st century died. BC The great leaders of these wars went off the scene to the kingdom of Aida – Caesar, Pompei, Anthony …. The first century of our era, the century of principle, the Roman Empire, led by Octavian Augustus, came. The rule of the Romans seemed to threaten nothing, and then the thunder struck – the terrible and completely unexpected defeat suffered three Roman legions, which were almost completely exterminated by German barbarians, led by some ariminius. The Roman army was commanded by the former Pronsul of Syria, Publius Quintille Var, who died in battle. Emperor Augustus was so dumbfounded by the news of defeat that more than once, like in delirium, he repeated “Var, return my legions to me!”
The beautifully illustrated book by Michael Maknelly describes in detail not only the course of the battle itself, but the entire company 9.E. The author recreates in detail the situation in which there were Roman legions surrounded by Germanic tribes. The crushing defeat made Rome temporarily stop the further e …
Author
Maknelly Michael
Editor
Efremov A.
Translator
Sinitsyna Lyudmila
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
Great battles that changed the course of history
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