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TIL that upon hearing of the Teutoburg incident (9 CE) a.k.a the Varian Disaster, where three whole legions were wiped in an ambush by Germanic tribes, Emperor Augustus was so shaken that he stood butting his head against the walls of his palace shouting 'Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions'

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