08-07-2007, 08:38 PM
If Varus had not lost 3 legions in the Tuetoburgerwald, Octavian would not have shirked from expanding the empire. It was his decree that the boundaries no longer be expanded. If he had not allowed this defeatism to creep in, things would have been very different. Tue, it may not be such an obvious effect as say Adrainople, but it was the start. Defeat never fased the Romans before, they were only minor glitches on the road to glory. Suddenly, things changed>
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
