A more sober week of Varus/Arminius discussion than usual.
Several articles focus on Marcus Caelius (pictured below), first centurion of the Legion XVIII, who died at Teutoburg and whose gravestone is the only epigraphic evidence we have of the legion. Xanten is hosting a special exhibition: Marcus Caelius - Death in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. There is a note at Focus and a more detailed dpa report.
Welt Online has a solid piece on tactics that asks how it was that the Romans could lose. And nw-news.de has a look at the Varus exhibitions and what they mean for tourism.
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