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Explanation: During the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus, the Roman Empire sought to expand into Germania, and had significant success in doing so. A rather cunning Germanic fellow by the name of Arminius (sometimes Hermann in German histories) with designs on becoming king of Germania allied with, then betrayed the Romans in an ambush in Teutoburg Forest, wherein three entire Roman legions (roughly 15,000 men, ~10% of the entire Empire's forces) were wiped out, |
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