artsykat
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Hello, I'm Kateri, nice to meet you~!
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Post by artsykat on Nov 10, 2016 3:15:14 GMT
There is so much strategy in here, it's rather hard to take it all in. The way he manged to capture the Gauls was unreal. When reading this, it makes the characters from the Aeneid seem really...useless. However, the similarity between them is the want for power. While there is really very little strategy in the Aeneid, we see Aeneas as this glorified and great protagonist. And I think that that's really how Rome wanted to be remembered, powerful and great. I can definitely see why Sallust, Cicero and Livy thought the way they did. With having powerful conquers like Caesar, it no wonder the Romans became like the way they did. Gaining that much power makes leeway for corruption.
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Post by Christopher Martin on Nov 10, 2016 17:59:45 GMT
Another excellent takeaway! Would you be willing to give me a brief summary/analysis of the Battle of Alesia?
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artsykat
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Post by artsykat on Nov 12, 2016 3:05:10 GMT
The Battle of Alesia went something like this. When Caesar came to conquer the Gauls, he decided to lay a siege on them, instead of launching a frontal attack. To make sure that Alsia was cut off of all help, he laid fortifications all around the town, featuring walls, traps, and ditches. This went around the town for about eleven miles. The odds were heavily in the Gauls favor, with 80,000 in Alesia, as well as around 100,000 men in relief army. Caesar had around 60,000. However, because Caesar had such a well trained and disciplined army, they were able to fend of the Gauls, as they tried to attack, while keeping them in a hard siege. With low moral and hunger, eventually, after a hard fight, Vercingetorix presented his army to Caesar. There is SO much more to this battle, but it would take about five paragraphs to capture just the main points.
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Post by Christopher Martin on Nov 12, 2016 7:38:44 GMT
Excellent! The Battle of Alesia is often considered to be not just Caesar's greatest military achievement, but one of the greatest feats of military prowess in all of history. It's therefore good to understand that it took a military leader of great charism, intelligence, and determination to pull it off.
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