It's The Year Of The Herman

[Proteus_MST]

2000 years ago those Roman imperialist bastards were taught a lesson in the battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Arminius, leader of the Cherusci, became subsequently (esp. in the 19th century) Herman, liberator of all Germans, useful for all kinds of nationalist propaganda blahblah.

Still, nice battle (though we dunno for sure about many details) as far as battles go. And the 2000 yr thing causes all kinds of related stuff to show up this year (exhibitions, books, documentaries etc.etc.).

Well, one thing we know for sure is,
that the battle of the Teutoburg Forest never took place in the Teutoburg Forest, but rather near Osnabrück, around 50 km northwest of the Teutoburg Forest.

[Winston]

So they faked it!

[Traianvs]

Let me get this straight

You krauts are celebrating the fact that you had civilization north of the Rhine/Danube postponed for another millenium or so?

I sense you guys have a sense of humour after all then

[BeBMan]

There were doubts about this FACT?

[Heresson]

Germans ought to have a sense of humour. They've pillaged it in Poland during ww2