Most disastrous Roman Military Defeats

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And here I was thinking Germans would be miffed that I called a national hero by a Roman name. Yes, I know it's what the moderns calls him, and he was called Arminius while serving Rome. He had a brother named (by Romans) Flavus, who never joined him, didn't he?

The two brothers were pretty muched raised in Rome who stepped up the ladder to become auxiliary officers, and Arminius was apparently a favourite of Augustus and his family. Flavus was not only his brother but fought against him after the Varian disaster.

One speculation of the name Hermann is it derives from Irmin, and Arminius is a latinisation of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herminones