Day: October 28, 2020

Enjoyed the Barbarians … well, I would!

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Barbarians is a 2020 German television series created by Andreas Heckmann, Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf and starring Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud and David Schütter. The series covers the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and its backstory.
Sabine de Mardt, spoke to Variety earlier this month about the prospect of more episodes. She explained: “We are delving into the very personal psychological conflicts of our main characters. Only some of which will be resolved in the first season, leaving plenty of material for seasons to come.”
Jeanne Goursaud und David Schütter
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht, or Varusschlacht), described as the Varian Disaster (Latin: Clades Variana) by Roman historians, took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The alliance was led by Arminius, a Germanic officer of Varus's auxilia. Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army's tactical responses.
Despite several successful campaigns and raids by the Romans in the years after the battle, they never again attempted to conquer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine, except for Germania Superior.
The Hermannsdenkmal circa 1900 – Hermann is a mistranslation of the name “Armin” 
(Grave of Arminius), Caspar David Friedrich, 1812
Laurence Rupp 
Laurence Rupp (born 10 August 1987) is a famous Austrian theatre artist, actor, model, television personality, and entrepreneur from Vienna, Austria. He is famously known in the country for his best performance in theatre plays. As per the sources, he polishes his acting skills by performing in theatres. According to Wikipedia, Rupp is a member of a famous German theatre called “Berliner Ensemble”. Not only this, but he also worked in Burgtheater.