Perfect Storms — Season 1, Episode 4: The Lost Legion
Documentary, History • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
9 A.D. Three Roman Legions are ambushed and wiped out in a remote German forest during a thunderstorm. The severed head of Roman General Varus is sent back to Rome in a box and the Roman attempt to bring Germania into the Empire is stopped dead in its tracks. The battle helps create the boundary between Latin and Germanic Europe that exists to this day.
About Perfect Storms
Investigates what happens when a series of natural and human events catastrophically coincide to change the course of history.