All language subtitles for Batailles De Legende.S01E04

Heroic music

This is one of the greatest
battles of Antiquity.

A clash of rare violence
between two civilizations.

Teutoburg was not
a battle, but a massacre.

In the 1st century AD,

Augustus' Roman legions
dominated Europe.

They are professional, highly trained soldiers
.

Their thirst for conquest
takes them beyond the Rhine,

in Germany.

But at the heart
of this hostile territory,

A formidable people
will make their lives a living hell.

These Germanic peoples

continue to rise up.

We're talking about ambushes,
the method of modern commandos.

A battle symbolizes
this unprecedented disaster.

That of Teutoburg.

Related in ancient tales
and shrouded in mystery,

She sees
the German Arminius as her opponent...

Someone impressive,

charming, intelligent.

...and the Roman general, Varus,

sent by Emperor Augustus
to conquer Germania.

It will lead to one of
Rome's most crushing defeats.

This is the true story
of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

Adventure music

...

It is here, in the
Lower Saxony region,

near the village of Kalkriese,

archaeological research
has been focused on this for the last 30 years.

The bloody clash
between the Germanic peoples

and the Roman legions
in the 1st century AD

is about
to reveal its secrets.

Secrets 2000 years old

which date back to the time
of the conquest of Germania

is Rome's new objective.

After subjugating the peoples
of the Mediterranean basin,

The Roman armies
are turning north.

A vast, unknown territory,
named Germania,

which arouses as much fantasy
as fear.

According to ancient texts,

These fears
will turn into rout

at the end of an epic battle.

Its existence was long doubted .

because these accounts were vague
and his location impossible.

For centuries,
historians have thought

that it had taken place
hundreds of kilometers from here

to the east
in the Teutoburg Forest.

Today,
there is no longer any room for doubt.

and hundreds of square meters
were thoroughly searched.

This tool

Its function
is to detect any metal object.

It's iron, it's too big

and too noisy
to be antique metal.

Beep sound

Two Pfennigs dating from 1876.

These pieces date from the 19th century.

but the field
is full of older objects

and designates Kalkriese

like the scene
of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

Most of the finds

that we have done
and that we are doing,

are coins
of the Roman Republic

and the Augustan period.

But also elements
of military equipment

Roman legions.

These excavations confirm
what was previously only a hypothesis.

The legions of Emperor Augustus
passed through here

2000 years ago.

Augustus is depicted
on this coin.

He has this face shape.

She was struck while she was still alive,
which allows us to date it.

This coin
was distributed to the soldiers.

Their microscopic analysis
provides crucial information.

These legions were those
of the Roman general Varus.

These countermarks can be analyzed .

In particular, that of Varus.
His stamp is recognizable.

He was a general and commander
of the Army of the Rhine.

This stamp is his.

As you can see,
there's the V, the A,

then the R.
VAR which means Varus.

Varus is one of the key men
in the battle and strategy

of Emperor Augustus in Germania.

It is from

from 20 BC

that Emperor Augustus
conceives the possibility

to acquire this part
of the right bank of the Rhine.

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The Romans led a succession

campaigns up until 9
BC.

They began
to found cities

which were to serve as the capital
of the different cities.

There was a desire
to assert his control.

It was also a province

that could be exploited.
It was found in shipwrecks

in the Mediterranean, stamped lead ingots

which came from mines
in that province of Germania.

And then Germany,

it was the protection
of this prosperous Gaul

which one could sense
was threatened

by the raids of the Germanic tribes.

War cries

...

This border must be protected.

and ensure the advance
of the legions into enemy territory.

The Romans began
by establishing the LIMES,

a line
of temporary marching camps

along the Rhine
and its tributaries.

Some of them
become small towns.

On the banks of the Lippe River,
in North Rhine-Westphalia,

The Aliso camp
was one of the most important.

Its area
is approximately 20 hectares.

which is equivalent to the size
of 25 football pitches.

This camp occupied
a gigantic area.

Between 5,000 and 6,000 legionnaires
live inside

and women
are not allowed to enter.

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The soldiers undergo
intensive training.

Weapons handling,
training exercises,

but also
long walking exercises.

This segment
of the camp's fortifications

is reconstituted
in the exact proportions

and with the same materials
as the original building.

2000 years ago,

The Romans dug
their trenches at this spot.

Their goal is to surround
the fortification with two trenches.

which measure a little over
2m deep

and approximately 5m wide.

These trenches

They are not filled with water,
they are empty and dried out.

For what ?

Imagine, in the event of a siege,
a Germanic warrior

rushing towards the camp.

He must cross the ditches,

This takes some time.
Often,

a legionnaire stationed
above him

He already neutralized it
from the watchtower.

Sometimes, the attacker
can even get shot.

from the fortifications.

Aliso will host the 18th Legion,

one of the three
participants in the battle.

If this camp is designed
as an impregnable fortress,

The conquest
of Germania is difficult.

In a recurring,
latent, endemic way,

These Germanic peoples
are constantly rising up.

The Romans had difficulty
finding reliable allies there.

This border is poorly accepted

by the inhabitants who live
on both banks of the Rhine.

There are constant conflicts
around this border.

Little by little, the
military campaigns and raids

Germanic warriors
become more frequent.

The strategy of the Roman Empire

to subdue this province
and its recalcitrant people

rests on the shoulders of a man.

In the year 7 AD,

Augustus sent
one of his trusted generals to Germany.

A close relative with a brilliant
military career.

One of the
most influential figures in Rome.

The imperial legate
Publius Quinctilius Varus.

Varus is one of the members of
the highest Roman aristocracy,

of this senatorial order

who rules the Roman world,
that is to say, the world.

Publius Quinctilius Varus

belongs to the
Emperor's extended family.

He had been legate
of the province of Syria

which is
one of the most important in the East.

He is an experienced man.

That is why
he is sent to Germany.

He accepts this challenge.

because his goal is to climb
the ranks of the hierarchy

and become the governor
of a province.

Among the officers
of his staff,

Varus is counting
particularly on one man.

Arminius.

Roman authors like Tacitus

They say
he is impressive.

Charming and very intelligent.

He has a lot of charisma.

He is an outstanding soldier
and a leader of men.

Arminius came
from the Cheruscan nobility,

one of the tribes
on the right bank of the Rhine.

Like other Germanic peoples,

They collaborate with the occupier
and place themselves at his service.

An attitude that affords them
the protection of the Empire,

always seeking allies
in its conquest.

The posture of the clan

has a major influence
on Arminius's fate.

Like other young boys,

He was taken from his family
at a young age.

and sent to Rome
to be educated.

He is a prince.

He spent a large part
of his youth in Rome

where he served as guarantor,

as a guarantee of the alliance
between Rome and the Cherusci.

He acquired
Roman citizenship.

He fought in the service of Rome.

He becomes the leader
of a cohort of auxiliaries

and he participated in several
important military campaigns.

Arminius obtained
the dignity of a Roman knight.

In this capacity, he is prefect
of the Cherusci cohort

who accompany the Roman army.

Arminius is in command of the
auxiliary troops composed of warriors

descended from conquered peoples.

They act as intermediaries
with the population

and swell the ranks
of the Roman army

even more dominant.

And Kalkriese,

These legions left behind
military equipment

one of which is of
inestimable historical value.

There are no other masks

dating from the 1st century
AD.

This shows how important
this archaeological site is.

is crucial
in Roman history.

We're all wondering who
the owner of this mask could be.

We believe he belonged to
a member of the Roman cavalry.

An ordinary soldier
could not have afforded it.

unlike higher-ranking officers ,

even the highest-ranking officers.

The hypothesis that this mask
belonged to Arminius

is entirely plausible.

The mask is custom-made.

This is not a mass-produced item.

It is suitable

to the shape of
its owner's face.

Moreover,

the specific characteristics of this mask,

It is designed
for use in combat.

It must have been very impressive.

to find yourself face to face with this soldier
approaching you

masked, sparkling in the light.

You must have felt like
you were facing a supernatural being

or a superhuman creature.

Augustus reorganized the Roman army,

which became a professional army.

Composed of several hundred
thousand men,

It distinguishes itself through its discipline
and military techniques.

It is therefore an elite army
that Varus commands in Germania.

The Roman army is
the most powerful in the world.

Soldiers...

Cris d'encouragement

It is the result
of a long evolution.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Neither did the Roman army.

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What we should remember
about the Legion is its discipline.

the fact that they are
professional soldiers,

soldiers who are trained,
even overtrained.

It's an exercise. We can imagine
that the opponent is facing

to the legion,
so we're going to change lines.

Whistle

The idea
is that the soldiers

they are not packed
in like sardines.

It's pointless.
If an enemy

If he tried to slip between the ranks,
he would be killed.

This allows you
to go back up the corridors.

and to change
everything while keeping the first line

facing an opponent
who will tire himself out

and which will collapse.

The front line
is constantly being supplied.

at the moment
of engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

The first line

They have the shield on the right. They are
protecting themselves against the opponent.

The second one has its shield horizontal.

He can strike any opponent
who comes near his colleague.

The opponent
has two soldiers facing him.

Before the battle,
the legion must deploy.

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War cry

The approach to the battlefield
is made in several columns.

But the army adapts to the terrain.

Even in the damp
and hilly landscapes of Germany.

There is a training course

which is very well-known and popular
when we talk about the Roman legion,

It's the turtle.

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...

It can be used

before the head-on collision. There's
a whole barrage of projectiles.

on the legionnaires.
Arrows, sling bullets.

Therefore, it is important that we can
all protect ourselves together.

and then be able to move forward.

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There's no guarantee
they didn't use it.

in small groups at Teutoburg Forest.

Another distinctive feature
of the Roman army,

It is composed
of ordinary people.

They are a people who originated
in the countryside. They are rustic.

They have a lot of expertise.

They can take advantage
of their environment,

to take advantage of the woods,

Stones.
With these, they will build

war machines
that they don't have to transport.

They can also produce
galleys or siege towers.

This is one of the secrets
of the Roman army.

A major discovery
by the archaeologists of Kalkriese

completes this extraordinary arsenal.

The remains
of a legionary's armor,

embedded in the rock for over 2000 years .

Thanks to photogrammetry,

the researchers created
a 3D reconstruction

as it was found
during its excavation.

Withdrawn into itself, it
required hours of work

to isolate the different pieces
that make it up.

The plates of Roman armor
are made of iron.

This iron has undergone
significant corrosion.

This machine
sends out pulsed air

and cleans the iron
of all traces

of oxidation.

It's an interesting technology;
it allows

to avoid the use
of chemical products.

The mechanical cleaning
is refined under a microscope.

Clean plates
provide valuable clues

to researchers
on Roman military engineering

and its formidable capacity
for adaptation.

This is one of the first suits of armor
from the Roman era.

The plaques allow us
to establish a date.

which dates back to the reign of Augustus.

It is in fact the oldest one
that has been found.

We're going to reconstruct it
, and that will allow us to understand

how it was constructed
and carried.

The armor had a weakness
at the shoulders,

gaps.

This weakness would
later be corrected by the Romans.

This pursuit of perfection
has its disadvantages.

who will play a decisive role
in the battle.

The legionnaires
were heavily laden.

There was the armor,
but also the helmets,

their shields, their
multiple weapons and their baggage.

It was a cumbersome piece of equipment.

Facing this colossus
who doubts nothing,

Most peoples have bowed down.

In this unfriendly land,

Varus has hit a snag.

The Germanic warriors,
as terrifying as they are mysterious.

What we know about them,

that's what
they say about them

their adversaries, the Romans.

The word Germanic
does not refer to a people,

It is a generic term
that encompasses several peoples.

They are authentic Celts.
They have not been touched.

through Mediterranean civilization ,

They remained
in a state of freedom.

In short, for Rome, they were Barbarians.

feared since Caesar's first incursions
decades earlier.

In particular,
because among the Germanic peoples,

War is a principle
of social cohesion.

These are warlike societies.

Which is why the war

is an integral part
of their society.

The German is 15 years old,
he is becoming an adult.

It's a rite of passage.

During this passage,

He is given a shield

And...

a frame,
that is to say a small spear.

This is typical weaponry

of the German.

We have other weapons.
The famous swords.

A kind of short sword.

Next, we have the axe.

We do not wear armor
, chainmail, or helmets.

That's not
our fighting technique at all.

Lightweight and mobile,

The Germanic warriors
developed their mastery

of the art of war.

We're going to talk about ambushes,

very quick actions

to the method of modern commandos.

They are preparing their attack,
they are sowing terror,

We're not necessarily trying to kill.

That's not the goal. The goal
is to neutralize your opponent.

and then disappear

and start again
in another place.

In individual combat,

on a Roman soldier
who is much heavier,

They have the advantage.

To manufacture their weapons,
however rudimentary,

The Germanic peoples use
tools from everyday life

adapted to the circumstances.

In this case,
small forges.

We extract a little soil,
we wet it.

Once you have the soil,
the fire is up in 10 minutes.

So, very simple.

The iron is extracted from the peat bogs,
then placed in the fire.

The forge hearth
that will operate

thanks to a blower.
There are 2 bellows.

In the hot part,
it might be 800 degrees.

If I ventilate properly
and for long enough,

I'm going to exceed the melting point.

I will be able to burn iron.

because my iron won't melt,
it will burn.

I can reach
over 1350 degrees.

All we have to do is pull it to the ground
and place it on an anvil.

which is almost at ground level.

The anvil is placed
on a wooden block.

to cushion the impact
of the hammer on the iron.

This is where hammering is used
to deform the original piece.

After that, it will be a matter of polishing
to strip the paint.

to have a metallic appearance.

After 3 hours of work, the
Germanic warrior can hold a spear.

These are two worlds,
two civilizations facing each other.

Very quickly, the supposed
Roman superiority crystallized the anger.

Varus did not sufficiently follow
Germanic customs

and wanted,
in an abrupt, authoritarian manner,

to apply a
Roman way of administering justice

which provoked
the anger of the Germans.

He was criticized
for a certain brutality.

and a certain naivety.

He was criticized for having overestimated
the submission of the Germanic peoples.

Varus, no doubt,

didn't mince words.

Why Varus, despite being seasoned
in hostile territories,

Does he make these mistakes?

What role did Arminius play when
he was supposed to act as a link?

between his superior
and his blood brothers?

Arminius, as an officer,
surrounded Varus

like an officer participating
in a general staff

around a Roman governor.

Their relationship
was based on authority.

There was a hierarchy,

and also of relations of hospitality
and perhaps of amicitia,

the essential Roman value
of strong friendship

that unites two individuals.

They must have
met in Rome

since they both lived there .

They moved
in the same military circles.

Behind
this facade of complicity,

Arminius has been conspiring
for weeks.

The right-hand man is not
as loyal as he seems.

and patiently weaves its web.

He continued, outwardly,
to be part of

of these
Germanic warrior officers

having entered the service of Rome,

but he gradually realized

that he could lead the Germans
who were dissatisfied with the authority of Rome

and rebel against the Romans.

His idea was to try
and carve out a kingdom for himself in Germany.

rather than being a relay

of Roman imperial power.

If he wants to establish himself
in a grand fashion,

He needs the help
of the people who live there.

He managed to gain support

of the other Germanic tribes.

In the year 9 AD,
at the end of summer,

as Varus and his three legions
return to their winter quarters,

Arminius lays his trap.

He advises the legate
to change his route

to quell a small revolt
a few kilometers away.

Arminius said: "It's nothing,

Let me handle this.
I'll take care of everything. Follow me.

Varus is not suspicious.

He takes a path
he doesn't know

and leads his 20,000 men
into a trap,

in the heart of the humid
and dense Kalkriese forest.

We are here,
around this yellow dot.

If we look ahead,
there are hills.

Behind us
is an area of large marshes.

2000 years ago,

It is likely that this place
was difficult to access.

especially between
September and April.

The ground
was covered with leaves.

The weather was foggy.

and make progress
in this kind of terrain

It was really complicated.

We had to be careful.

It's a perfect place
to set up an ambush.

This terrain proved to be a true ally
for the Germanic tribes.

and rather an enemy

for the Roman soldiers.

At the foot of
Kalkriese hill, the track narrows.

The strip of land is so narrow
that Varus' legions,

that is, about 15,000 men,
stretched out over nearly 12 km.

They couldn't walk
the way they were used to.

in large formations
across the forest.

It's a long column,

heavily equipped,

who is not on his guard.

Now is the time.

Arminius, who is riding
alongside the officers,

He left the column under the pretext
of a scouting mission.

He joins his allies,
who are camouflaged in the forest.

That's the signal.

At that moment, the German commandos
charged the enemy column.

War cries

Written sources mention the
brutality of the Germanic warriors.

Historians
have found skulls in Kalkriese

which attest to
the violence of the fighting.

Traces of injuries are visible.

The skull has been split open,
you can see it on this flat surface.

There, we can see the impact

and an entire section of the skull
that broke off.

The injuries were caused

by Germanic swords.

The Germanic peoples
often fought with spears.

But this time they used swords.

Based on the evidence, these are
the skulls of Roman soldiers.

We know this based on the age
and solidity of the skeletons.

These are clearly
victims of a battle.

Arminius had served sufficiently
in the Roman army

to anticipate any action
by the legionnaires.

What he did know was
that the Romans were very strong.

when they can fight
in formation.

What he wants to avoid,

that is, a commitment must occur

in open terrain.

Based on his experience,

Arminius opts for a
guerrilla strategy.

His warriors launch
lightning raids on the enemy,

disrupt the Roman column,
splitting it into several groups,

then they go back into hiding
when reinforcements arrive.

There was an element of surprise,

especially since we were
in unfamiliar territory.

They realize too late
that they are trapped.

That's what makes the trap perfect.

The harassment by the Germans
is relentless and unpredictable.

This is one of the keys
to the battle.

But how did the Romans
protect themselves from it?

Archaeologists
may have solved this enigma.

That of a Roman camp mentioned
by Tacitus in his account

and whose role in the unfolding
of events is crucial.

At the heart of the archaeological site,

Very old foundations
have been unearthed.

This reconstruction was
developed based on the initial excavations.

in the 1980s.

We thought
it was a Germanic wall

which corresponds, in fact,

to the areas shown in blue on this diagram.

It was thought that this wall
served as a fortification.

for an ambush.

The Germanic warriors
were hidden behind.

Since the Romans
were walking along the ridge,

Behind this parapet,
the Germans could attack

without their opponents
having any space to deploy.

Recent discoveries

force historians
to revise this scenario.

It is possible that these foundations
are those of a Roman camp.

A hypothesis supported
by the historian Tacitus,

author of one of the rare accounts
of the battle

and which mentions the existence
of a legionary camp.

Since 2016, we have conducted
new excavations.

and it is possible
that a Roman camp was built here.

The ditches that were thought to be designed
to drain rainwater

do not have this function.

They can be found in the east,
west, and north.

If you connect them together,
you get an area

where you can gather
hundreds of men.

But these ditches

are typically Roman.

They all resemble the ditches
dug by the legion,

let's say from the time of the Republic
until Late Antiquity.

Roman soldiers
often dug this type of trench.

New excavations
and written sources converge.

On the evening of the first day,

Varus and his men are believed to have managed
to reach safety.

One of the keys
to the Romans' strength,

it's about being able

to lock oneself in a camp at night ,

protected by a ditch.

They are well-versed in this type of exercise.
They do it in enemy territory.

This camp was built
relatively quickly,

did not offer
all the necessary safety guarantees.

To withstand a siege, you need
supplies, and that was lacking.

The legionnaires are exhausted,
they are not sleeping,

One must keep watch at night even
behind the palisade of a camp.

Safely sheltered in a makeshift fort,

The Romans can only hold out
for a short time against the enemies

now under the command
of Arminius.

Varus knows this.

In the early morning,

He breaks camp and hopes
to reach an open plain.

It's no use.
The harassment will start again.

The enemy remains as
elusive and numerous as ever.

They can hold out for a while, but
they are overwhelmed by numbers.

They cannot
get reinforcements.

while success
breeds success,

when news of the ambush spreads ,

The Germans
receive reinforcements.

The elements are joining in;
it's raining. The wind is blowing.

The Roman army
is floundering in the mud

And nothing improves
in this scenario.

After 3 days and 3 nights,

They are now
only a handful of survivors.

Publius Quinctilius Varus

understands that he has lost.

So, on the 4th day,

Varus decides to commit suicide.

Without knowing what fate
awaits his corpse.

Suicide in such a disaster
is an honorable death.

So, Varus's head
is cut off from the corpse

and Arminius can seize it.

War cries

Ultimate dishonor.

The Germans seize
the standards of the 3 legions

engulfed in this
unprecedented disaster.

When the news reached Rome,
it was a shock.

Auguste had
almost gone mad.

He would wake up at night shouting,
"Varus, give me back my legions!"

In the midst of the rout,

a few miraculously escaped

to the atrocities
of the Germanic warriors.

Abandoning the bodies
of their companions,

They join the
fortified camp of Aliso.

They rejoined the garrison
that had remained in the camp.

They couldn't last
more than a few days

the siege that the
Germanic warriors began.

Foghorn

Literary sources

recount the tricks
that the Romans used

to save himself.

They had the idea
of sending a signal

with a trumpet making it seem as
if a legion was arriving.

The Germans became frightened
and left the site

thinking it
was a lost cause.

That's how the legionnaires

and the survivors of the battle
were able to escape

and reach the other side of the Rhine.

For the past 30 years,
archaeologists have been reconstructing

the details of this battle,

It was a discovery that
confirmed its existence.

Irrefutable proof
of vital importance.

The gravestone of a soldier
present at the battle.

His name can be read on this stele .

Calius.
We also learn

that he belonged to the 18th legion
of the Roman army.

It is stated that he loses his life

during the
so-called Battle of Varus.

This is fundamental.

This is the only written document that
proves the battle took place.

Found in a Roman city
in the Rhine Valley,

This funerary monument was erected
by Calius' brother.

without his remains
having been found.

For the Romans,
the funeral ritual was essential

on a social and spiritual level.

In Strasbourg,
on the other side of the Rhine,

Many stelae
from this period have been found.

They are all built
on the same model.

We find quite frequently

the same organization

with the name of the deceased.
Here, Comnisca

who died here in Strasbourg.

Next, son of Vedilius.

On the last line,

we find a mention

which appears automatically
on funerary stelae.

Here, HER-es-ex-testamento-fecit.

That's to say

that the whole of this monument

was carried out according to the will
left by the deceased.

For a Roman, this funeral ritual
was indispensable.

These Roman citizens,
these legionaries

Those who have fallen
must be buried

according to Roman regulations.

With the funeral pyres
that are now required,

with the creation
of dedicated spaces,

burial enclosures
where the remains of the deceased are placed.

Then, a monument.

a stele to
mark the grave,

to preserve and commemorate
the memory of the deceased.

It is unthinkable for Rome

to leave his soldiers fallen

in the hell of Germania
without burial.

It is also a matter of honor
and revenge.

After years of caution,

The new Emperor Tiberius
launches reprisals.

Six years later,

The Romans return
with more legions.

Their goal is to finally subdue

this province,
conquer it and control it.

The man in charge
of this mission is Germanicus.

For Germanicus, this was,

apart from the objective
of reclaiming the province,

to repair the disaster

and to avenge the affront
done to Rome by the Germans.

Accompanied
by a handful of survivors,

Germanicus reaches
the Kalkriese forest

to pay a final tribute
to those who died in the Battle of Varus.

This is a unique sequence
in all of history.

of this return
to a battlefield

to give
the dead a burial,

to realize
what happened.

He discovers bones,

these remains of altars

where tribunes were allegedly
sacrificed by the Germans.

They are also heads stuck
on tree trunks

according to Germanic rites.

So, it's a terrifying scene.

The historian Tacitus
describes the tears

survivors
when they recount the battle.

This is where we fought.

This is where we lost
our brothers in arms.

Their memories are still very vivid.

The bones
found on the site

confirm the accounts
of Roman historians.

If you look

this set,
it doesn't look like

to the classic contents of a tomb.

It looks like someone dumped
the bones in a hurry.

We didn't find a grave

properly Roman.

We therefore believe that these bones
correspond to this scene.

We must keep in mind

that the Romans
are in enemy territory,

They don't have much time.
They fear an attack.

So they gather the bones
and place them in a hole

dug quickly,
they pronounce a prayer

And the ritual is complete.

Having fulfilled
his Roman duty,

Germanicus faced off
on several battlefields

the new strongman
of Germany.

Arminius.

Arminius continues to fight

the Romans,

particularly during the campaigns
of Germanicus.

Arminius allegedly attempted
to form a coalition

less against Rome
than for himself

become king.

He wanted to become king.

He had seen in Rome

what an Emperor
like Augustus could accomplish.

His desire was to reign
and consolidate his power.

Arminius offers a
heroic resistance to Germanicus

and its 8 legions.

It shakes
Rome's ambitions.

But in the year 21 AD,

that is, 12 years
after his most resounding victory,

His desires for power
come to an abrupt end.

Finally,
Arminius is assassinated.

It is clear that he was not killed
by his enemies.

but by people
from his own side.

Jealousy or revenge?

His death remains a mystery.

His figure will long continue to embody
resistance to the invader.

A resistance that eventually
discouraged Roman ambitions.

Germany is a quagmire.

The defeat at Teutoburg
left its mark

and the fighting spirit of the Germans
eventually prevailed

of the Roman thirst for conquest.

At that moment, the Romans
said to themselves, "OK, we give up.

We are withdrawing
from this poor territory

And so we close the chapter
on the conquest of Germania."

Arminius's audacious gamble
has remained etched in history.

But the Kalkriese site
has not revealed all its secrets.

The enigma of Teutoburg
retains its air of mystery.

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