. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. ce to the safety of the elaborate plans were made for his destruction byan invasion from three sides at once. Unfortunately just atthe moment when the armies were converging upon their prey,there broke out the great Pannonian and Illyrian revolt 6, which brought all the tribes of Austria down upon theRomans. It was one of the most dangerous moments InRoman history. Fifteen legions were employed against them,and the military resources of the Empirestrained almost to breaking-point. Luckilyfor Ro
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. ce to the safety of the elaborate plans were made for his destruction byan invasion from three sides at once. Unfortunately just atthe moment when the armies were converging upon their prey,there broke out the great Pannonian and Illyrian revolt 6, which brought all the tribes of Austria down upon theRomans. It was one of the most dangerous moments InRoman history. Fifteen legions were employed against them,and the military resources of the Empirestrained almost to breaking-point. Luckilyfor Rome, Marbod made no attempt tojoin the revolt, and the barbarians wereunder divided leadership. Germanicus,the son of Drusus, helped Tiberius to crushthem, but it took three or four years toaccomplish it. Meanwhile Germany itself had to be Portrait of Varuscontent with inferior legates. QuintiliusVarus was one of those amiable men who cause mutinies bykindness. He fancied that Germany was tranquil. He wentabout founding cities, holding assizes, collecting tribute and 217. THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME giving justice according to Roman law precisely as if he hadbeen a city praetor in the Forum at Rome and not a generalin the German forests. Accordingly in 9 a plot washatched against him. He was enticed away into the recessesof the Saltus Teutoburgiensis and slaughtered. Then theCheruscan army swept down upon the three Roman legionsand destroyed them. In itself the disaster was not overwhelming. Three legionshad perished, but fifteen more, flushed with their recent victoryover the Illyrians, were at hand to avenge them. TheCheruscans immediately submitted and Germanicus found noserious opposition when he penetrated Germany on an errandof chastisement. But for Augustus the reverse was was now an old enfeebled man. When he heard of thedisaster he beat his head against the wall and was often heardto cry: Varus, give me back my legions. He saw that therewas no end to the
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