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And there's a simple rule that's obvious even in a superficial read of de bello gallico: don't cultivate wheat and the legions won't bother you.
by usrusr 6y ago
And there's a simple rule that's obvious even in a superficial read of de bello gallico: don't cultivate wheat and the legions won't bother you.
- jacobush 6y agoNow it’s cultivate nukes and the legions won’t bother you.
- liability 6y agoIt's my impression the Gallic Wars were more about building Julius Caesar's personality cult than anything else. Enriching his soldiers so they'd be loyal to him and winning the respect of Roman pyblic (hence the self-aggrandizing book written in Latin, not Greek.)
- usrusr 6y agoFew external wars haven't been fought for internal reasons