Quote Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
It is an open field today but iirc it was a forested and swampy area in those days. It's true that the Romans were trapped in a narrow path between a swampy ground and some wicker fortifications erected by the Germans alongside the path.
Aha, makes sense!

In light of the diminishing of his achievement, the amateur archeologist, a British ex-military officer whose name escapes me, that had discovered the site said that Arminius is one of the most under acknowledged generals of the past.

A statement which sadly enough is true, he truely was a brilliant man!

And the anti-French attitude thing of the 19th century surely is rediculous, but they did erect a beautifull statue in his honor ;) !