Today in Western Europe there is a line that divides speakers of Germanic languages and speakers of romance languages.

While that line is shifted over time, its existence can be traced back to a battle that took place over 2,000 years ago.

That battle rocked the Roman Empire. battle that took place over 2,000 years ago.

That battle rocked the Roman Empire to its core

and finally set limits for how big the empire could grow.

Learn more about the Battle of Tudorberg Forest

and how its impact can still be seen today on this

episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. One of the common themes that keeps popping up in various episodes of the show is

how the modern world is still influenced by things that happen in the distant past.

It's only through the lens of time that we can figure out what events were big and

what events were big and

significant. A good example would be the Battle of Cany that I

previously did an episode on. Hannibal and the Carthaginians wiped out an

enormous Roman army in a battle that caused Rome to suffer an existential crisis.

In the big scheme of things, however, even though that battle is still studied by military

commanders today, it did not end up deciding the war. It was big, but it wasn't significant.

The Battle of Tudorburg Forest is another very important moment in Roman history.

As with the Battle of Canny, it was a big moment. But unlike Canney, it also had a lasting impact.

To understand how the Battle of Tudorburg Forest came about, we first have to understand how Rome got

to this point. By the time Augustus became the first emperor, Rome controlled

everything around the Mediterranean, save for parts of North Africa around modern-day Algeria

and Morocco. In Europe, they controlled almost all the Iberian Peninsula save for the north, all of Gaul and Greece.

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