August 31, 2025
The decline and fall of the modern German Empire
By Andrea Widburg
Germany, the region that once pushed back against the entire Roman Empire, has self-immolated and will soon be no more. It’s a sad and useful reminder about the destruction that leftism has wrought across the West.
If you examine a map of the Roman Empire at its peak, one thing you might not have noticed is that the Romans never made significant inroads into the regions held by Germanic tribes, the area that became modern-day Germany. This wasn’t just an oversight on Rome’s part or a carelessly missed opportunity. It happened because of one man, Arminius, and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D.
When he was a child, the Romans conquered Arminius’s Germanic tribe and took him to Rome as a hostage to ensure that his father, a tribal chief, would behave. Arminius was treated well and eventually achieved the rank of equestrian in the Roman military, but his loyalty was never to Rome.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/the_decline_and_fall_of_the_modern_german_empire.html
