Article Club (online)

A virtual program to discuss interesting articles from national publications

Using Zoom, we will connect and share our thoughts about articles from national publications. Our virtual meeting will last about 30 minutes, and feature discussions on the chosen article. Participants should be ages 18+ and interested in sharing. There is space for up to 10 members, so sign up to receive the Zoom access code for the meeting.

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“The Ambush That Changed History” by Fergus M. Bordewich

Smithsonian Magazine, September 2006

An amateur archaeologist discovers the field where wily Germanic warriors halted the spread of the Roman Empire.

It was a defeat so catastrophic that it threatened the survival of Rome itself and halted the empire’s conquest of Germany. “This was a battle that changed the course of history,” says Peter S. Wells, a specialist in Iron Age European archaeology at the University of Minnesota and the author of The Battle That Stopped Rome. “It was one of the most devastating defeats ever suffered by the Roman Army, and its consequences were the most far-reaching. The battle led to the creation of a militarized frontier in the middle of Europe that endured for 400 years, and it created a boundary between Germanic and Latin cultures that lasted 2,000 years.” Had Rome not been defeated, says historian Herbert W. Benario, emeritus professor of classics at Emory University, a very different Europe would have emerged. “Almost all of modern Germany as well as much of the present-day Czech Republic would have come under Roman rule.”

• Ages: 18 and older
• Date: Wed. 10/13
• Time: 1:00 pm-1:30 pm
• Location: Online – Zoom (Not sure what that is? Call us and we’ll help you! 503-682-2744)
• Zoom meeting ID:  829 9269 6275
• Fee: No Charge