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Chopblock 24 points ago +25 / -1

The Germanic tribes suffered under Roman dominion and patiently stockpiled hidden weapons caches for 20 years waitingfor the right moment. Then they sprung a trap and massacred the Legions so hard Romans couldn’t cross the Rhine without pissing in their own sandals for nearly a thousand years.

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anonymousdonor 3 points ago +3 / -0

For nearly a thousand years? When did the Romans cross the Rhine again?

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Goldlight 2 points ago +2 / -0

that's not true actually, romans were back in germania in the next few years and even got back some of the legionairy eagles

what did happen is the romans were never able to gain control of the region but that's because of decentralization (same with scotland)

ironically, the german tribes centralizing into larger tribes then moving in the roman empire without being integrated as roman is what killed the romans

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anonymousdonor 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes. You're responding to the wrong person.

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HungNavySeal300Kills 1 point ago +1 / -0

Wait i was told diversity was a good thing and that assimilation was racist

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Goldlight 1 point ago +1 / -0

assimilation is good for keeping nations together

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anonymousdonor 2 points ago +2 / -0

You said Romans crossing the Rhine again. When did they cross the Rhine after nearly a thousand years?

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Chopblock 1 point ago +2 / -1

I said doing so made them piss themselves. The implication was that the Varian disaster safeguarded Germanic independence, which the video I sent you explains how that can be rightly interpreted.

Obviously European and Roman history is more complicated than can be summed up in one sentence — it’s not a video game where you clear a level, or a fantasy adventure novel with a two-paragragh epilogue. Don’t be obtuse.