Quote (civicsaw @ Sat, Aug 29 2009, 12:38am)
Major Battle: Battle of Teutoburg Forest, 9 A.D. The Romans, who were at the height of their power and had one of the world's best armies, suffered one of their biggest defeats at the hands of the Barbarians, Germanic tribes who specialized in guerilla warfare. The battle stands centuries later as the first, and perhaps most important, event in German unification.
Who They Were: During the 1st century, present-day Germany was dominated by small, semi-nomadic, warring tribes, who honed their fighting skills by battling each other. The Barbarians favored hand-to-hand combat and surprise ambushes and fought without any rules. They had almost no armor or helmets and sometimes fought bare-chested or even naked. Because armor was almost non-existent, the Barbarians preferred long thrusting spears, rather than swords, to keep some distance between themselves and their enemies. They also fought with wooden clubs and used slings to propel rocks at their foes. Rocks were plentiful and useful to fighters who lacked a supply line to repair or replenish their weapons during a campaign.
The Barbarians' reputation for savagery was intensified by their belief that their gods required slow, painful human sacrifices. They reportedly slit the throats of some of their captives and filled bronze cauldrons with the blood. Some victims were skinned and their decapitated heads nailed to trees. Whether or not these stories were entirely true, they made the Barbarians seem more intimidating to their enemies.
To sum it all up... make sure you guys always use battle orders... this is crucual.
“But then the Roman Empire fell like this- "oh shit". And we went into
what the historians called the Stupid Fucker period. Where everyone
was going -"er, I dunno. Is that a Roman road? Can we eat it?" Then
there was the dark Ages. " I can't even see you! Where are you?"”
this classically describes the fallowing era