And the 2,000 years ago, deep in the forests of Germany, a Roman army was walking into a trap, set by a man they thought was their friend.

Three Roman legions had marched into the Tudorberg forest.

More than 15,000 men strung out for miles along a narrow route,

unprepared for battle, and unaware of the danger that lurked between the trees. The stage was set for one of the most devastating

ambushes in history. It's the ancients on history hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and welcome to part two of our special mini series on the Battle of the Tudewterberg forest. In the previous episode we explored the build-up

to this great clash, how the Romans brutally established

a foothold in Germania over two decades.

They're quite brutally reshaping the ethnographic map of Germany.

The basic idea that Romans have is that they are the only properly civilized individuals

on the planet and the Roman vision of

civilization is that the rational mind controls the irrational body. This is

what barbarians are, that people whose body controls the mind.

We explored how the Roman are that people whose body controls the mind.

We explored how the Romans went from invasion to consolidation, visiting sites key to them creating

the Roman province of Germania Magna east of the river Rhine.

This fort would have required 25,000 oak trees to be felt

just to build the palisade walls.

And then inside the fort you have Potter's workshops

and blacksmiths forges and granaries and a medical hospital

all sorts of crafts and trade industries that are gradually transforming the area in the wake of the

Ravens. And we introduced the two characters central to our story.

On one side, the Roman statesman and first governor of this newly created province, who was campaigning

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