Another Historic Day on Sept. 11

Approximately 2000 years ago three Roman legions consisting of over 15,000 men formed up in a rainy valley. The Germans, then moved in quickly from both sides of the valley from the woods, and crushed the legions killing an/or enslaving over 15,000 men while only a few escaped. When news would reach Emperor Augustus he would state perhaps one of the most famous quotes from his reign of emperor, "Quintillus Varus, Give me back my legions!" The question that is raised most often, perhaps, is why Varus would even think of marching single file through a wooded valley in hostile German territory. The answer is a little thing called trust. A man named Arminius who had been an administrator to the region for a short time told Varus there was a rebellion in a village nearby and that he would lead Varus' troops there. Arminium also had a dream though of uniting the twelve tribes of Germany. If Varus' had not been defeated all the lands up to the Slavs would be speaking a Romantic language. This very much parallels to a date pretty familiar to this. Just like the Germans who assimilated to the Roman culture far away in Germany, they still had hard feelings against their Roman conquerors. Just because the people from very different who assimilate to our culture, doesn't mean they like us. Perhaps we can learn from this diplomatic mistake and use it to our advantage carefully.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaplan/a-never-ending-battle_b_283138.html