Quintili Vare, legiones redde! (Quintilius Varus, give me back my…

Quintili Vare, legiones redde! (Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!)

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Said of Publius Quinctilius Varus in response to the loss of 3 legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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