IN THE AFTERMATH OF "THE BATTLE OF TEUTOBUR6 FOREST* IT IS CLAIMED BY THE ROMAN HISTORIAN. SUETONIUS. IN "0E VITA CAESARUM" (THE LIVES OF THE CAESARS") . THAT AUGUSTUS WAS SO ENRAGED AND SHAKEN BY THE DISASTROUS DEFEAT AT TEUTOBURG THAT HE WOULD SPEND WEEKS BUTTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALLS.