"the sacred call of their country; their ancestral liberty; the gods of their German hearths; and their mother, who prayed, with himself, that he would not choose the title of renegade and traitor to his kindred, to the kindred of his wife, to the whole of his race in fact, before that of their liberator."PatreonFurther Reading/Principle Sources:Wells, Peter S. 2004. The battle that stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the slaughter of the legions in the Teutoburg Forest. Princeton, N.J.Credits:Cover Art Credit: cjdijulius.myportfolio.comMusic Credit: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/