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Over 2,000 years ago Julius Caesar described the people that lived where The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany are today. > They do not live much on corn, but
by staunch 11y ago
Over 2,000 years ago Julius Caesar described the people that lived where The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany are today.
> They do not live much on corn, but subsist for the most part on milk and flesh, and are much [engaged] in hunting; which circumstance must, by the nature of their food, and by their daily exercise and the freedom of their life (for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination), both promote their strength and render them men of vast stature of body.
http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html
- jessaustin 11y ago...for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination... Now we see why the state had to subjugate them! b^)
- DonQuixote1000 11y agoCall me stupid but I thought corn was native to the Americas. I guess something is getting lost in translation.
- bobcostas55 11y ago"Corn" can refer to cereal crops in general.
- nsajko 11y ago'Corn' means the main cereal plant in a region.
- staunch 11y agoAlso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
- Someone 11y agoThere is discussion about the truthfulness of "de bello Gallico". Some historians even call it propaganda (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Caesar's_Propaganda_Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Cae...). He likely will have exaggerated the strengths of his enemies.
- staunch 11y agoIt was unquestionably propaganda, Caesar paints himself in the best possible light most of the time, but there is no one who questions the overall historical accuracy. Most of Caesar's military and political life is confirmed by many other sources and pieces of evidence.