Were the Romans afraid of forests

[john m roberts]

To add to the above posts, while the Roman armies relied heavily upon their legions of heavy infantry, they had many other troop types. If forest fighting was in the offing, they would send in light-armed auliliary troops and, even better, local allies who knew the country and were used to fighting in it. Wherever they went, the Romans tried to secure alliances with the locals. Of course, that's exactly what Arminius was - a local ally. They called it wrong that time.