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Originally posted by DominionsFAN:
Hey I dont think that the Germans were ferocious barbarians. I always tought that the most dreaded barbarians were the Huns, Vikings and Mongols..
The most cruel barbarians were the Huns, that is for sure, I read some insane stuff about them!

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it is somehow a judgment call anyway (your, mine, and some others best not named) so we can keep our opinions. Still, Varus would disagree with you. He lost 3 legions in the black forest against Germans.
Also ask yourself why Rome maintained along the Rhine a strong defence (lime) hundred of kilometers long. See also where were stationed the legions (mainly along the rhine and danube). Germans were perhaps not the *ferociest* (if ferocity can be measured!) people in the world, but still it posed a threat to Rome during several centuries, and at the peak of his power. To dismiss them like a band of puppies would be unfair
C.A.G.T.F.W *

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Commitee for the aknowledgment of germans tribe as ferocious warriors.