Memory Worn Into the Ground
In the autumn of 9 AD, three of Rome’s finest legions disappeared in the forests of Germania.
Not in battle.
In betrayal, in chaos, in silence.
The Varus Disaster “Clades Variana” left a scar on the Roman psyche so deep that the legion numbers XVII, XVIII and XIX were never used again.
Why do we march?
We march to remember.
We march to feel, for a moment, what discipline under pressure really means.
We march to carry, through mud, cold and fatigue: the memory of those who could not return.
Because we believe some memories should not fade.