Daily history quiz
Can you place the stories they never taught you?
Ten true stories from the archive, every one drawn from published sources. Your job: guess when each happened. New set every day.
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The Ambush That Stopped Rome at the Rhine
A Roman general made a single navigational error in a German forest, and it cost Augustus three legions, halted the empire's expansion forever, and drew a border that still shapes Europe today.
When did this happen?