Roman Conquests: Gaul

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Ever since their sack of Rome in the early fourth century BC, the various tribes of Gauls to the north were among the Roman Republic's most feared and respected foes. This book describes how Roman armies eventually carried war into their enemies' homelands and brought them into their expanding empire.Michael M Sage relates the establishment of Rome's first footholds in Gallic territory, before moving onto Julius Caesar's dazzling seizure of all Gaul in the space of a few years. Caesar army repeatedly defeated much larger armies drawn from a fierce warrior culture. These, the most famous of all Roman campaigns of conquest, are described and analysed in great detail, as are the events of Vercingetorix's great rebellion which almost succeeded in throwing off Roman rule before it could be consolidated. Caesar's epic siege of Alesia provides a dramatic climax. AUTHOR: Michael M Sage gained his doctorate in Classics from Toronto University in 1973. After a long teaching career at the University of Cincinatti, Ohio, he is now Emeritus Professor of Classics. His previous works include Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (1996) and The Republican Roman Army: A Sourcebook (2008).

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"An excellent introduction provides the background to the action of the book. Michael Sage has managed to narrate what is perhaps one of the most well-known of Rome's conquest, carried out by its most well-known conqueror, in a lucid yet adequately in-depth manner. Highly recommended to any reader of Ancient Warfare magazine."--Ancient Warfare Magazine
"The book goes into previous battles between Caesar and the Gauls and how he made allies of some tribes which helped him to defeat others... Only one chapter of this book relates to Casesar's invasion of England, the rest, as the title suggests, concentrates on how he fought and eventually pacified the various tribes in Gaul."--Terry Sutton of the Dover Express & Folkestone Herald
"The narrative reads pleasantly and will be entertaining for anyone interested in the Celts or Romans."--Hereditas Nexus
"This is a useful entry in this series looking at one of the best known of all Roman Conquests."-- "History of War"

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Michael M Sage gained his doctorate in Classics from Toronto University in 1973\. After a long teaching career at the University of Cincinatti, Ohio, he is now Emeritus Professor of Classics. His previous works include Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (1996) and The Republican Roman Army: A Sourcebook (2008).