num_pages: 256
description: "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres..." is, perhaps, the most famous opening line of any memoir in Western civilization. What Caesar &amp; the Romans called "Gaul," altho we usually think of it as France, also comprised Belgium, the German lands west of the Rhine, southern Holland &amp; much of Switzerland. This is the only military campaign of the ancient world for which we have a chronicle written by the general who conducted it. Julius Caesar is an insightful historian, with a keen eye for detail, as in this about the repulsion of the forces of the German king Ariovistus: Caesar placed each of his five generals ahead of a legion &amp; detailed his quaestor to command the remaining legion, so that every soldier might know that there was a high officer in a position to observe the courage with which he conducted himself, &amp; then led the right wing first into action, because he had noticed that the enemy's line was weakest on that side.
language: Latin
title: The Conquest Of Gaul
titlecomplete: The Conquest Of Gaul
characters: Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Vercingetorix
genres: Classics, Roman, History, Ancient History, War, Biography, Ancient, Military History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 11671
places: Roman Empire, Gaul
publisher: Amereon Ltd