Some of the soldiers who survived that dreadful day, and afterwards broke their chains, related circumstantially several particulars. "Here the commanders of the legions were put to the sword; on that spot the eagles were seized. There Varus received his first wound: and this is the place where he gave himself the mortal stab, and died by his own sword. Yonder mound was the tribunal from which Arminius harangued his countrymen: here he fixed his gibbets; there he dug the funeral trenches, and in that quarter he offered every mark of scorn and insolence to the colours and the Roman eagles."
Eta triskantza hartatiko bizirauleek, borrokatik edo gatibutzatik ihes egin zutenek, kontatzen zuten nola hemen legatuak jausi ziren eta hor arranoak kendu zizkieten; Barok non hartu zuen lehen zauria, non eskuin kolpe zorigaitzeko batez heriotza aurkitu zuen; zein tribunatan egin zuen Arminiok harenga, zenbat ziren gatibuentzako urkabeak, zeintzuk zuloak, eta nola harropuztu ziren banderak eta arranoak laidotuz.