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Post by Dominique Martin on Nov 10, 2016 3:05:10 GMT
This text is great at showing just how resilient and power hungry the Romans were. Though done in a very smart and tactical manner they were always ready to pick a fight. It is like they were so eager for a battle and conquest that they jumped as soon as they saw a potential threat. From then it was like an unquenchable thirst and they moved around conquering town after town.
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Post by Christopher Martin on Nov 10, 2016 17:58:16 GMT
Excellent takeaways! Could you provide some examples?
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Post by Dominique Martin on Nov 12, 2016 3:03:50 GMT
What kicks this off is in Book 1. Caesar just hears that the Helvetians are marching near and immediately starts putting up defenses. He orders his men to destroy the Geneva bridge preventing the continuation of the Helvetians. The Helvetii make many attempts to cross the river and march through but Caesar blocks them all. Eventually they find a way around and Caesar seeing how close they will come to the border of Rome immediately stages a surprise attack on them. Right from the beginning you can see how weary and protective Caesar was. They Helvetii just came too close to Rome and Caesar attacked. From there he did everything he could to defeat them, so much that he actually followed them around Gaul preparing to attack. It seems at first it was just an attempt to protect Rome, but from there it escalated and he just wanted a victory, he wasn't going to stop until he got one.
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