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Name the Roman general who lost three legions to Arminius in the battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9AD, the single worst defeat in Roman history at that point.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:56, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Oo.
Is that a bit early for Pompey? Dunno.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Publius Quinctilius Varus

(I helped save b3ta! Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Well done Google, I mean Apers.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)
Actually i knew-ish, but checked the spelling
As lets be honest, my English isn't great so latin names might be a step too far
(I helped save b3ta! Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
I have a feeling it was something like Armenius
More accurately, I know that this name was associated with the battle and assume he was Roman cos it sounds it.

I know, brilliant
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)
You spanner. Arminius - referred to in the question - was German, and was the victor.
He is a source of history nerd-lols as he is 'Herman the German'. He is still regarded as something of a national hero to the Boche.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:01, Reply)
Hey, that wasn't bad!
I'm chuffed I was even in the ballpark, frankly
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
That's not the sort of park you're usually in...

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:04, Reply)
That's just what me and the sisters call any park with a lot of balls in

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:08, Reply)
It's a pretty apt name for hamstead heath.
/'noon.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:09, Reply)
Don't I know it, darling
Wotcha squire
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
At least you didn't just Google it like that cunt Nakers.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
I am a quiz purist, Monty
Plus I seriously doubt the Beeb will let us use internet phones on Eggheads, so cheating gets us nowhere
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:09, Reply)
Oi, you take that back!
Smearing my good name all over the internet, it's a fucking liberty
(I helped save b3ta! Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:12, Reply)
Did you put some clothes on, then?
I missed the memo on that.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Yeah, got cold

(I helped save b3ta! Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:13, Reply)
No idea. But I'll bet Doctor Who was in the background, pulling the strings as it were.

(I helped save b3ta! JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Pulling the strings
the new name for wanking.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Dunno
Cannae was far worse
(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:03, Reply)
The internet says you are right
and that the battle of Arausio in 105BC was evern worst in terms of Romans killed.

Perhaps I should have said 'most humiliating defeat'.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)
Carrhae was a fucking disaster

(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:07, Reply)
Was it that Pyrrhus chap?

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:15, Reply)
No, he won
Just at an immense cost. Hence the term 'pyrrhic victory'
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 16:17, Reply)

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