Legio Aeterna Victrix but you're marching through Teutoburg Forest and can't find Arminius

tfw Varus won't give you back your Legions
"The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster (Clades Variana) by Roman historians, took place at modern Kalkriese in 9 AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus's auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses."
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[@unowno123]

arminius turned out to be a pretty bad scout, he didn't see the massive ambush lol

[@paperman7344]

ikr man even lead the legions to an area they could not escape

[@markusblake7936]

Dante did not put Arminius in satan's mouth because he was occupying another hole

[@paradropgeneral4397]

what a guy. i hope he not betrayal the Roman.

[@SetuwoKecik]

@勇樹 cat

[@Anonymous07192]

He's not going to have a good reference for his next deployment.

[@1997HondaCivic]

The first recorded instance of "they're in the trees!"

[@wei270]

😅

[@omegacardboard5834]

IN ARBORIBVS SVNT!

[@frostyboi312]

''can I interest you in zee strudel?'' Legionnaire: 0__0

[@juwebles4352]

Me and My contubernium when the trees start speaking German

[@2thomask]

When the trees start speaking german

[@herrevan5678]

Oh boy how do I love being a Roman legionary. I wonder if arminius has finished scouting yet?

[@LordWyatt]

He’ll be around soon, I hope. These germs are getting a little thicc around us…

[@bernardomelamed3350]

Some guys said he will commit treason. Bullshit! Arminius is a Roman. Watt...whay? *Arrow hits my chest*

[@thebakerofbananabread3237]

A Roman? Feh, he is a barbarian by blood, I bet he ran off wi- *Takes javalin to the face*

[@gcn7491]

wait!? What happe- (Gets a arrow in the knee and dies)

[@bernardomelamed3350]

@@gcn7491 fucking arrow in the knee

[@tritium1998]

Funny how they're still singing while getting ambushed.

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

I do think that the ranks not involved in fighting would probably chant on to keep the moral and fighting spirit up.

[@-._A2._-]

@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis most definitely, morale is probably the most important thing to get someone to actually fight.

[@frostyboi312]

the actualy fight was broken up over many different legions, 2/3rds of the legions didn't even realise there was an attack until messangers arrived. Most had to rely on their centurions to lead them just to survive the initial assault

[@iSleepyManiac]

gotta keep the spirits high while waiting for Arminius

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

@@frostyboi312 that's the nature of close quarters fighting, the most important men are the section commanders, these corporals keep their men alive and take the fight to the enemy

[@RoachdoggJR555]

g-guys have you seen Arminius lately?

[@anatum__]

My centurion! We found what it appears to be.......his pillum.... broken.........im not sure about this whole....... campaign in magna germania

[@The-not-so-charming-prince]

I’ll fix this

[@frostyboi312]

I think I saw rubbing his hands together as he headed towards to bushes

[@grypharmy7256]

I’m still looking for Marius

[@aceshotz5051]

No sir, he still hasn’t comeback from scouting…

[@atheisticgreyblob3284]

"Are you sure we're headed the right way? Go fetch Arminius, hes the one guiding us anyway. What a good guy that Arminius, what good... loyal fellow."

[@Flav7281]

"Varus, give me back my Legions!"

[@TheMusicLauncher]

What you hear fighting is the first legion, what you hear singing is the second legion... not knowing what's about to happen.

[@dragonfell5078]

Damn that's chilling

[@ironduke5058]

What did happen? This just popped up in my feed and I'm quite confused

[@xxx_motherz_milk_xxx8617]

@@ironduke5058 Barbarian Invasion

[@ironduke5058]

@@xxx_motherz_milk_xxx8617 arminius and some ambush? Some legionaries not knowing of the combat going on? Annihilation of said legions?

[@Hatersgonnahate726]

@@ironduke5058 Arminius was a German taken as a hostage and trained by the legions. He never got converted, and used his position to fool his commanding general Varus into a trap. They walked right into a barricade, on a bend in the road where they couldn’t see what was going on, in incredibly dense forest/swamplands. 3 legions, more auxiliary cohorts and cav squadrons were annihilated, ~20,000 men. Defeat was near total, with a handful escaping and the lions share sacrificed to the gods, it fkn traumatised the romans so badly Marcus Aurelius was still trying to genocide ‘em 150 years later.

[@paddy0550]

99 luftballons but t72’s are crossing checkpoint Charlie

[@HistoryFeels]

That sounds good as an alt history one!

[@quarternions]

What sucks about this is that the families of the Legionnaires that were ambushed and massacred were probably shamed because the legions their family members were in lost their eagle standards

[@zenogias01]

Considering that the legion's camp followers - including soldiers' wives and children - were massacred along with them . . . eh, not so much.

[@johannmauleon9047]

Most of the blame was dunked on Varus tho Not the legionnaires

[@mitigate385]

#RIPBOZO👎😹👎

[@aramhalamech4204]

@@zenogias01 I doubt every soldier had his family with them.

[@IronClique]

People back then were hard as stone

[@flaai]

Being born and raised in Rome... this hitted harder than it should

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

It should hit. I'm a german with a latin father so my feelings are a bit confused ;)

[@luketheunlucky7632]

@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis You can say you're Stilicho

[@ivideodelmaestro4810]

In Roma*

[@funtecstudiovideos4102]

"Germania flashbacks"

[@taktak6784]

@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis Damn, confused feelings, 2000 years apart, sheeesh, life must be tough dude xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@KRDecade2009]

“Quinctilius Varus.. Give me back my legions!” I doubt Augustus cared about the men but he knew what a defensive nightmare their loss had created.

[@dioluchini]

the Princeps Civitatis had a great heart and cared for his people as much as he did for his soldiers, though he himself despised leading a campaign or marching with the legions.

[@decimusausoniusmagnus5719]

Octavius was a machiavellian cold blooded politician and didn't care for anyone who wouldn't help him to keep in power. His lamentation was either a propaganda strategy or worries for the weakening of the borders and future problems for his successors.

[@primal_guy1526]

Losing 3 legions back then is like losing an entire Army (not the WHOLE Army but an Army)

[@pijuka]

@@dioluchini Agreed, he wasn't declared Pater Patriae for no reason. Best to leave the battles to Agrippa and the rest, he claimed some of the glory at the end anyways ;).

[@dioluchini]

@@pijuka so was his lawful father Caesar declared Pater Patriae, they both made something of the falling and sadly but truly failing late roman republic. Although the republic is a better system than the principate, change was needed as the mos maiorum had been left behind and degeneracy was at rise

[@sangbum60090]

Some folks are born, made to wave the Aquila Ooo, they're red, white and gold And when the band plays "Ave, Caesar" Ooo, they point the ballista at you, Jove. It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no Some folks are born, gladdius in hand Gods, don't they help themselves, y'all But when the publican comes to the door Jupiter, the house looks like a slave sale, yeah It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no patrician's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no Yeah, yeah Some folks inherit rich villas and lands Ooh, they send you down to conquest, Mars And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!", y'all It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, one It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no, no, no

[@HistoryFeels]

Amazing

[@Lo-tf6qt]

"Charlie don't praise Jupiter."

[@mitchellwright5478]

If they run, they’re barbarians, if they don’t run, they’re well trained barbarians.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Each minute I spend in Rome, I get weaker. Each time Vercithicorax squats in the forest, he gets stronger.

[@AdhvaithSane]

???????

[@cageybee7221]

1:01 "Fuck it, just keep marching."

[@Sunday_fits]

that’s a great image

[@blazecrep7849]

Tha was the Second Legion like "They tell Us to march, but the hell is that sound?"

[@alongcomeslennard8702]

The Teutoburg Forest is literally 20 minutes away from me

[@dannylo5875]

Lol. You can hear the ghosts of the dead fighting to this day.

[@drzaius8430]

@@dannylo5875 more like Roman's crying!

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs]

blow up the statue of arminius at Hermannsdenkmal

[@winged_destro]

@@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs he's german not basque

[@eizmann]

Ja moin :)

[@clueless7005]

“My mother told me” but your shield wall has fallen at the Battle of Hastings

[@qarmatianwarhorse6028]

YES, THIS BUT IN OLD NORSE!

[@herz4217]

but the battle of hastings was between the anglosaxons and the normans...

[@rollothewalker5535]

*stamford bridge

[@randomdude2026]

Hastings was Saxons against Normans. But Normans weren't Vikings anymore.

[@tanner2106]

well done. you can almost see the middle legions continue marching along to the song as the fronts and rear of the columns are obliterated

[@HistoryFeels]

Thanks man

[@nobodycares6881]

Very ironic that Arminius died in a similar way like he betrayed the Romans

[@litorres4125]

Packwatch

[@qarmatianwarhorse6028]

Did the other chieftains conspire to have him killed?

[@TheGreatThicc]

@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 Close. He was assassinated by his own tribe after a war against a neighbouring tribe while Roman campaigns were on hold.

[@qarmatianwarhorse6028]

@@TheGreatThicc They had a leader who knew Rome's military workings inside out and could have rallied them into a force to match it but they killed him?! No wonder the Germans suffered for so long afterwards under the Empire.

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 well I mean, Scipio was betrayed just the same by the Senate, right? And don't forget Caesar.

[@sushijuice440]

When the trees start to speak Germanic: "Shit, post arbores sunt!"

[@wankawanka3053]

Don't be silly germs can't speak they only go ooga booga

[@svperionsatanam7526]

Romans never felt the doom, the Legion was the doom

[@Noizzed]

Me: **just chilling in my backyard** The fire ant colony nearby:

[@XxThneedxX]

*Repeatedly headbutts wall* "Varus... GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS"

[@SkoomaCat]

Poor Varus

[@mohi6699]

"Boy i sure did get rich here in Germania, i wonder how Julia is doing back home"

[@drzaius8430]

"psst hallo. Sehen Sie den auf der linken Seite, der mit sich selbst spricht. Ich nenne seinen Gürtel" (picks up spear)

[@thicclegendfeep4050]

My man, you won't make it back home, you boutta get turned into a schnitzel

[@ozzell]

When you're marching in Teutoburg Forest and the trees start speaking german

[@kogerugaming]

Legio Aeterna Victrix. These legends are still remembered today, and will be remembered for ever. Rest in peace Legions XVII, XVIII & XIX.

[@Trained_Duck]

One change I would make is having the marching song start out strong, then fade as more and more of the legion is killed, until there is no music, only the sounds of them picking off the last stragglers. Great video!

[@prestonjones1653]

Given what happened to Carthage I'm mind of surprised the expeditions after Tuetoberg didn't cut down or burn every single tree in Germany.

[@bob_009]

🔥🔥🔥🔥😂😂😂🙏😂😂😂

[@_x_X_shal0w_g00se_X_x_]

this hit hard

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

*We want to live differently, Think Differently, Feel Differently* - Arminius. My boy Arminius is the early feels boy.

[@neveragain125]

where did you find this quote?

[@alcaeus701]

@@neveragain125 he said it in the series "Barbarians", I don't think he really said it.

[@neveragain125]

@@alcaeus701 i dont remember that. Thanks! writing a Historical Fiction novel on the subject and want all the material i can get lol

[@centvriovii8355]

@@neveragain125 arminius is a criminal

[@neveragain125]

@@centvriovii8355 Virgin Centurion vs Chad Barbarian.

[@seraphx26]

Then you bump into Germanicus he claps a massive hand on your shoulder and you know everything is going to be alright.

[@thicclegendfeep4050]

He got two eagles back, but never again would the Romans regain any significant foothold in Germania, and the tribes would only grow more centralized and powerful, and Rome would begin to collapse under it's own weight. Germanics was still a major Chad who restored some glory to Rome and gave it some extra time, but the war in Germania was still a massive failure in more or less every way

[@seraphx26]

@@thicclegendfeep4050 The Romans had no desire to gain a foothold in Germania afterwords, there was nothing there that they could not get easily elsewhere, that's why they used punitive campaigns, in the aggregate the campaign there was a massive success. The only failure is on Varus for being an arrogant buffoon who walked his men into an ambush despite having a clear warning that it was going to happen ahead of time.

[@monoriusthegreat]

I love how the slaughter is going on, but they're all just singing like everything's fine. Like a classic day in the legion.

[@wyvernharries4788]

Somewhere in the distance a faint but all powerful, a heilung concert is being held.

[@NjamNjam0]

Dope af

[@wyvernharries4788]

@@Godsmen413 lol

[@wyvernharries4788]

@@Godsmen413 And that is mightly fine of you. You ain't insulting me. yet.

[@wyvernharries4788]

@@Godsmen413 No, no. You good friend. Had a bit of a laugh really.

[@wyvernharries4788]

@@Godsmen413 Oh, well you see "lol" is an abbreviation for, Laugh out loud. most of used in texts or online to quicken speech among others things. Humor. You made me laugh. :)

[@cruzaider5339]

“Yo did that tree just move?” - Tiberius

[@Cosmocrator3791]

Roman legionary : We didn't find Arminius. So, Arminius found us.

[@slayermenta]

Rest in peace to the legionaires from the Legio XVII, Legio XVIII and Legio XIX.

[@ae-mj8mu]

An answer to this could be "Carnyx sounds and druidic chants (or something like that) but you are losing the siege of Alesia"

[@rorschach1985ify]

Better something related to the Germanic wars that happened after in reaction to the deaths at Teutoburg.

[@mitchellpolinop7650]

You just earned s subscriber! When the forest starts speaking Germanic

[@shrtbred787]

huh, arminius hasn't finished scouting yet, eh, probably nothing to worry about -famous last words

[@thehonourableprivate5855]

Vare, Vare... Redde mihi legiones meas!

[@thegrimcritic5494]

Give me back my legions…

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

“VARUS, GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!”

[@astrodude9146]

The glory of Rome is Forever!

[@midnightblue3285]

Glory to pagan rome, death to the christian roman church and the constantine

[@nightsplurge810]

great videos! Think you will ever do a video on the eastern empire in Manzikert or Yarmuk?

[@HistoryFeels]

I was thinking about the Sack of Baghdad but I'm gonna be honest, I know veeeeery little about Eastern Campaigns. I'll try to broaden my horizons a bit. Thanks for the comment!

[@GloryToParadis]

This is enough pain for Romans already

[@Seawiiplay]

It's actually better than that, this seems like it is from the first of a long series of ambushes where ranged attacks caused massive casualties. The commanders then asked half of the legionaries to continue marching to the other side of the swamp and set up a defensive position while the other half held the enemy back. This is in the video with the ranged attacks in the beginning then you can hear the Legion continue moving with vigour!

[@joosh6106]

as the restorer of Rome i can say Roma truly is aeterna and victrix

[@j.c.k.6883]

This is gold

[@constantinethegreat6713]

RIP to the 3 fallen legions 😞💔

[@mitigate385]

🚬🚬🚬💨💨💨

[@centvriovii8355]

😭😢😭😭😭❤SEMPER FIDELIS

[@Waldgxnger]

Bozo

[@constantinethegreat6713]

@@Waldgxnger Who are you calling "Bozo"?

[@ezequiel717]

Sempre Roma Aeterna

[@airamisenloe2182]

This sounds almost exactly like a cadence we have in the U.S. Army ?

[@HistoryFeels]

No idea sorry, just found this song on KZbin myself

[@EnderOnFire14]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4fdoaV7pMtjsNU

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

@Salt-Upon-Wounds and we’ll fall just the same.

[@daniels0376]

@Salt-Upon-Wounds Nah, this chant was made for the movie Ben Hur, and it's based off of US Army's "Airborne Ranger" chant.

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

@@TheRealRusDaddy probably not due to Christus though

[@donwade_]

High class meme

[@hansshekelstein9450]

Love these videos!

[@HistoryFeels]

Thank you! Love the Katty profile pic too

[@hansshekelstein9450]

@@HistoryFeels (:

[@romaatwar]

Where are my Legions?! Give them back to me! Give them back!!

[@Boyar300AV]

During Teutoborg Forest Roman AQVILA was not flying over TERRA BRITANORVM yet. Only after CLAVDIVS conquests.

[@WillHelm236]

This was one of my history teacher's favorite battles of all time, may he rest in peace

[@wilhelmvonpreussen]

My Ancestors: We are gonna ruin those mens whole career

[@irene4846]

non vedo l'ora di trasferirmi a Roma. non vivo ancora nell'Urbe, ma sento come se le appartenessi già. verti est sua aeterni, corda nostra solum tibi

[@mja6305]

This was the missing piece I needed during my existence at this very time

[@gansrusish4729]

What about " 'Oy u luzi chervona kalyna' but you are dying of typhus, surrounded by Poles and Bolsheviks"?

[@alekjanowski9847]

OOF, greetings from Poland!

[@TheMcMiodzio]

next time stay with our Polish side

[@filipmaly6603]

When trees start speak barbaric foul language of dirty barbarians....

[@senpaicatz8124]

DEFENSIVE TESTUDO!!

[@Gorg-oe1hu]

Too bad you're speaking the later type of that barbaric language

[@filipmaly6603]

@@Gorg-oe1hu Man, my slavic nature once again is reveal! RUN!!!!!

[@jasongonia5704]

When you are just pissing to the trees and the tree pisses to you back.

[@jileelmcdaniels5549]

These are so damn good.

[@XxXHaloTimeXxX001]

You always make me laugh when I see these videos

[@fishingislife9554]

Every Roman gangsta till you can’t find Arminius

[@mokongthe3856]

"Where is Italy?" *points at Italy "Where is Rome?" *Points at my heart

[@alb3598]

More like pointing down at a rotten grave.

[@midnightblue3285]

@@alb3598 This is not true.. rome was never died it was changed

[@wankawanka3053]

But rome still exist as the capital of Italy

[@midnightblue3285]

@@wankawanka3053 We are still ensalved by the jesuit roman church, we need to destroy them and restore the pagan aryan / nordic, medid rome

[@Swaggaccino]

Be sure to give Teutoburg Forest a bad review on google. Even though it's 2000 years later, we still haven't forgetten.

[@HistoryFeels]

based

[@waffelmeister9477]

We haven't either so keep away from our forests, guinea.

[@Vorcupine]

Now people can't be like: "My dad was in this battle, he said *insert edgy and deep thing here* "

[@orvetoralsolo7892]

I like to imagine that one of the legions played this so to raise the morale of the troops and to distract them from the unsettling vibe that they are feeling.

[@jabames]

@HistoryFeels Do one for the Battle of Carrhae

[@zeus.9285]

I remember this vividly. My mate Marcellus was killed here. I barely escaped

[@jorgeguevara7296]

Imagine a remix of this Absolute banger

[@I_agree]

I couldn't stop myself from singing this for like 2 weeks bro

[@jacquesbaker1557]

R.I.P.

[@jacopobettonte2307]

Wait until Germanicus hears of this

[@ludger9878]

His campaigns also failed

[@chasemcnab7610]

A fundamental understanding throughout history is the heart-stopping, bone-chilling fear that grips you when the trees start speaking

[@TsarAmbatukamXIV]

G I V E M E B A C K M Y L E G I O N S

[@Popcorn-de9fg]

I hit gym with this, 'cause nathin' can pump you up like this fire

[@ayuwoki453]

What a good man this Arminius guy, he is scouting for us. He really is loyal to the empire, glad we have him on our side.

[@oldman1466]

When you just vibing with the boys and all of a sudden Furor Teutonicus kicks in.

[@ArchCone]

This is such a nice march guys.

[@seronymus]

Everybody legionarius until the trees start speaking Proto-Germanic

[@The-not-so-charming-prince]

I shed a tear

[@jcgabriel1569]

The Cure's song "A Forest" seems to fit as well...

[@pzkpfwgVI_lover]

*alte kameraden starts playing*

[@leonmenssen999]

everything was fine until the trees speak Protogermanic

[@zenogias01]

The marching song is from the recent Ben Hur movie, for the record.

[@muhammadakmal9693]

When trees start screaming "ANGRIF!!!! " Roman felt that

[@chasemcnab7610]

A fundamental, universally understood sensation is the heart-stopping, bone chilling fear that grips a soldier when the trees start speaking

[@nobody_expects_me]

Perfect for when you're being ambushed by an army of 1500 battannians from both sides in the forests of the northern empire

[@yavinlukexd4315]

Der störterbecker ist unser Herr but you see ships approaching and there not fishing vessels...

[@jackgillham2656]

Barbarians was such a good show! There is another season coming next month!

[@shayden4296]

Hey, I have an idea, hear me out: Agni parthene but Mehmed II's army is outside Constantinople

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

*We Are One people with many countries* *No more brother Wars*

[@thebanditman5663]

Same structure as "Airborn Rangers."

[@esqui3077]

Stilicho the only honorable half roman half barbarian

[@patrykg6220]

We need subtitles for this one

[@ReconmissionFFWR]

I like to think when the hordes of Germans descended on the legionnaires they kept composure chanting while fighting but ik they probably shat their pants and we’re screaming

[@Flav7281]

I felt pity for Varus and Caesar here, the pain of betrayal and losing 3 Legions was really hard to cope with.

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

Feel like the sword hurt Varrus pretty bad as well

[@okandede8652]

When romans open the forest

[@stvjjgcj]

nice I didnt know you also do the ancient times

[@penpen7413]

I thought they're not going to continue the singing when they got into a fight

[@Federico_21]

Viva l'impero romano viva l'S.P.Q.R piu grande impero della storia antica!

[@Dio-solaire-D.-Ethelo-Brando]

Eh in Occidente di sicuro

[@Federico_21]

@@Dio-solaire-D.-Ethelo-Brando ignorante studia Roma è stato il più forte impero della storia poi come tutto è finito perché niente è infinito.

[@centvriovii8355]

@@Dio-solaire-D.-Ethelo-Brando dovunque!

[@centvriovii8355]

Della storia!

[@centvriovii8355]

ROMA INVICTA !!!!

[@TheKatymama]

fun fact: in AD 9, in the Teutoburg Forest, an ambush by germanic tribesmen wiped out 3 ENTIRE LEGIONS

[@pablopoblete9512]

"alfadhirhaiti" But you're a roman guard in the middle of the forest at night.