While I do understand the types of weapons that were in use. What I am really not sure is does anyone out there think that they made a difference on fighting in that kind of terrian?

Would the spear that native Germans used make that much of a difference?

And why if the auxillaries were armed in the same manner as a Roman legionnaire would they have been such a threat if roman style arms were not as affective in wooded landscape.

Or was this battle lost and won purely on the tactics used in the field?