Rewatched Troy & 300, was wondering why there hasn't been a high quality production of the life of Arminius in Film yet.

Most of you probably know about the Battle of Teutoburg, but not what happened to Arminius afterwards, of which all would make an amazing film....

Born in Germania, Arminius was the son of the Cheruscan Chief. Taken to Rome as a hostage during his youth alongside his younger brother Flavus, he learned to speak Latin and trained as a Roman military commander and achieved the statues of Equite.

After serving in the Roman army for many years in the Balkans, he was dispatched to Germania. There witnessing the treatment of his people, he began to plot a rebellion against the Romans by uniting all the Germanic Tribes.

You all probably already know this, but Arminius achieved this and used his knowledge of Roman military tactics and strategy to set up a successful ambush of 3 Legions in Teutoburg Forest.

The Germanic Tribesman took their shares of the spoils of the battle, including 3 Roman Legion Eagles and turned the battleground into a sacred location.

This is where the story gets more interesting, Arminius had fallen in love the with princess of a Pro-Roman Chief who was betrothed to someone else. This Chief disliked Arminius to such an extent that Before the battle he tried to warn the Romans who dismissed his talk as slander

Arminius managed to abduct Thusnelda (the princess) and they were married. This action, along with jealousy or fear of the other Chieftains, of Arminius' growing power, damaged the integrity of the coalition Arminius had built.

Rome would not rest after this defeat though, and the Roman General Germanicus was dispatched to Germania.
Within his ranks was Flavus, the younger brother of Arminius, who had lost an Eye in the Illyrian Revolt. Still loyal to the Romans, he fought against his older brother.

Germanicus won two battles against Arminius and once fighting to a draw. The Romans managed to reclaim the 3 lost Legion Eagles and managed to give some of the dead at Teutoburg proper funeral rites. Germanicus then returned to Rome as commanded.

A pregnant Thusnelda was captured by Germanicus and brought to Rome. Arminius grieved deeply at the loss of his wife and never married again and according to Tacitus, he was driven to Frenzy:

"Arminius, with his naturally furious temper, was driven to frenzy by the seizure of his wife and the foredooming to slavery of his wife's unborn child. He flew hither and thither among the Cherusci, demanding 'war against Segestes, war against Cæsar.' "

The son of Arminius was sold into slavery as a Gladiator and is said to have died as one.

Arminius later died at the hands of jealous Chieftains. Emperor Tiberius allegedly had refused an earlier offer from a Chatti nobleman to poison Arminius: "It was not by secret treachery but openly and by arms that the people of Rome avenged themselves on their enemies."

Today a statue stands in Teutoburg Forest honoring Arminius and what he accomplished in his life. Though the battle and Arminius are not widely celebrated, due to Fears of Nationalism in modern Germany.

So you can see the story has it all, betrayal, romance, drama, war, brother against brother, conflict of duty, the story of Arminius' son as a Gladiator leaves room for imagination as well.

Well it turns out Netflix is making a series on Arminius, let's pray it good.