There are many sensible voices speaking here. My thoughts for
a parallel go back to Rome's loss of Varus and his legions in
the Teutoberg Forest at the hands of Arminius. Augustus' reaction
was to send Germanicus to bury the dead and as he wept he
reconsidered his policies and changed them.
Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
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