Roman Empire
The Census Error That Doomed Three Legions
A Roman census clerk miscounted the population by three million people, accidentally triggering the empire's most catastrophic military blunder.
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Download on the App StoreRoman Empire1st CenturyAdministrative FailureGermanic TribesMilitary DisastersTeutoburg ForestCensus RecordsIntelligence FailuresEuropean BoundariesMarcus Caecilius CornutusPublius Quinctilius VarusArminiusEmperor Augustus
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