Re: Germania
That's right, the Batavians (from the Lower Rhine region in the modern-day Netherlands) were particularly known for their cavalry and the ability of their horsemen to swim across a river in full armour while accompagnied by their horse.
Most Romans seem to not to have been able to do that, so large numbers of Batavians were employed in Roman armies... In the year 69 (the year of the death of Nero and 2 other succeeding emperors), they rose up against the Romans and the Romans weren't even able to punish them properly (although admittedly also due to their political troubles at home).
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