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[abaris]

Amusing how these things turn up.  Obviously, I don't agree with the position taken by da Luz.

I've heard far worse claims in my time. One of the most absurd one on the so called history channel about the Arminius battle in 9 AD. Some so called historian, whose name I have rightfully forgotten, put out the claim that if the Romans had won that battle, Hitler's third Reich would have never existed because of Roman civilization instead of Germanic tribal rule.

Nevermind the fact that large parts of what later made up Germany were in fact under Roman rule and nevermind that Rome itself had it's own brand of fascism that predates the German one by a decade.