Beyond Night
“How did a bunch of muddy barbarians defeat three Legions?”
The story, well told, declared how a confederation of tribes pulled off the mean feat. The Bructeri tribe stood by those of the Chauci and the Chatti alike. Any differences between the Cherusci, Marsi, and his own folk, the Sicambri of the Rhine had been put aside. From a child on, he’d heard the yarns of how they fought for so long and crushed the Romans. This fact, even if the Romans kept coming back, provided hope to all that the disease of Rome could be crushed. The tales seemed illogical once he’d been educated to the ways of Roman warfare, but then again, he chose to think that his blood rose to the task and did what few could
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