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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Deacon Ray, post: 3423030, member: 81896&quot;]Always a fascinating topic [USER=8959]@Eduard[/USER] ! What devastating news this defeat must have been to the people of Rome. There are many examples of modern and well trained armies being annihilated by people who are generally considered to be undisciplined savages. Overconfidence and a lack of appreciation for the fighting abilities of their opponents have many times led to such defeats. Being an American—the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the massacre of the 7th Cavalry comes to mind (<i>of course this is of a smaller scale as far as numbers of combatants</i>) but when the news was released it was received with horror and disbelief by the general public.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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