Identifier: grandeurthatwasr00stobrich (find matches)
Title: The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933
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Publisher: London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
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se adventures in the forest and no profit inthem. As a frontier the Elbe was no better than the Rhine.Therefore he had the supremely good sense to accept theRhine as his frontier. Henceforth Rhine and Danube withroads and forts along them, and with special arrangements tostrengthen the angle where the rivers run small—that shouldbe bulwark enough for the present. And so it was. The patriotism of German historians has made of thisdefeat of Varus rather more than it deserves. Arminius theyoung Cheruscan who led the attack was a patriot though atraitor. He had been, says Velleius, a faithful ally in previouscampaigns and had even attained Roman citizenship andequestrian rank. He spoke Latin fluently. His very name ismost probably a Latin cognomen, though the patriotism of theGermans will call him Hermann. So the German student ofto-day sings over his beer: Dann ziehn wir aus zur HermannschlachtUnd wollen Rache haben. It was not half so gallant an act of revolt as that of our British218
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AUGUSTUS lady, Boadicea, but it had the merit of success. The Germanswere able to develop their strength behind the artificialramparts of the Rhine and Danube until the time came forthem to burst through in conquest. It is commonly said that Augustus immediately after a.d. 9formed two provinces called Upper and Lower Germany alongthe Rhine as if to conceal his loss of the real Germany. Thisis not exact. In the warfare of Tiberiuss days the historiansspeak only of the Upper or the Lower Army in Germany, andAugustus in his monument speaks of Germany in the singular.Under Tiberius ample revenge was taken for the defeat andGermanicus again and again traversed Germany. The Varusdisaster was only one of the episodes which decided theRomans to halt at the Rhine. Aliso was long retained as anoutpost, and colonies of Roman veterans were planted onGerman soil. The Cheruscans and Arminius were defeated ina tremendous battle at Idistavisus near Minden on the Weserin A.D. 16. But on the way back t

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