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1. Germania

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   Military Encounters
   The relationship between Rome and Germania was defined by intermittent warfare punctuated by periods of uneasy peace. Key events include the disastrous defeat of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, a catastrophe that solidified the Rhine as the functional imperial boundary for centuries.
   The motivation for continuous Roman incursions was often less about conquest and more about maintaining a psychological distance from the perceived cultural gravity emanating from the deep forests. The tribes themselves e…