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Romani Germaniam invadunt.
Germani aedificia delent et statuas removerunt!
Can you answer these questions?
Can you think of any modern examples of images or statues of rulers have been defaced?
Can you think of any other examples of cultures "sacrificing" statues?
I had some real fun doing a deep dive on Celtic material culture. Here are some interesting links! These range a little in date since finds are so rare. Needless to say there is A LOT of guesswork in the reconstructions I have drawn.
Read a translation of Tacitus's description of the Teutoburg Forest and the ruins of the Roman camps seen a few years after Rome's defeat by the Germans.
Read here more about the impact beavers, a common species a the time, could have contributed to the swamps in which the Romans are caught.
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