Thanks, John - I still think I'm talking plenty of Latin every day, I don't feel it "not much". Of course not much compared to the Romance languages, but not really that much less than English compared to other languages again. I hope you understand that I found it very confusing to be told I don't know (of) what I'm talking every day!
Kudos to your German skills! And thank you for all your kind words - I'm glad you were treated likewise (kindly) and liked it here!
The Varus battle was a muddy carnage in the Teutoburg Forest:
In 1875, William I dedicated this monument, the Hermannsdenkmal, to the victor: