That no future attempt was ever made at annexing Germania is due more to Rome having already expanded to its territorial limits, and that to the Roman mind it was a poor, backward, and savage country.
Rome suffered far more catastrophic defeats in its history than Teutoburg and rebounded from them. I think in some respects it is overrated. There will be always German people, German soldiers in the Roman army, overstretched empire, Civil wars, and the imminent invasion by the Huns. The "Fall of Rome" was mainly a cultural shift were with slow intergration and deromanization and deceltralization of army due to civil war and to its culture ultimatley saw former Roman soldiers like Alaric and Odacer take it down.Īs for Germanic expansion.if Varus did win Tetoburg I highly doubt things would be much different. In terms of military superiority over the Germans it was pretty much nothing. Even Fritigern after Adrianople was defeated by Gratian. The Alamanni are defeated again by Constantius. The invading Alamanii are defeated again by Emperor Gallilnus and then the Goths by Aurelian. He was planning on attacking the Germans before dying. Marcus Aurelius defeated the invading Marcromanni hordes. Tiberius however decided not to expand perfering the Rhine river as a more pratical logistics point. The German general Germanicus invaded Germania during the reign of Tiberius defeating Arminius at the Battle of Wesser River and two eagles from the 3 Legions were restored. This was not the only encounter with the Germans. Today Ariminus or Herman is a hero, but was the battle even that decisive.ġ) Augustus died before fullfilling his dream.ģ) Roman Legions down from 28 to 25.(Augustus disbanded over 30 ) and the Legions would be recovered. It mentions how Tetoburg Forest was "a decisive battle that changed the difference between Latin and German forever and the survival of Germany" I read a book called the "most decisive battles in history".
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