Abstract
Caesar's Gallic War, Books I-VII
Highlights
O A IU S JU L IU S C A ESA R From a bu st in the B ritish M useum
B y the aid of that army he overthrew a constitution under which the Roman State was going to ruin, and laid the foundations of an empire which lived for centuries. No doubt he did this from selfish and ambitious motives; but his ambition was so great that it could never have been satisfied until he had brought the empire he ruled to the highest possible degree of excellence, and his genius was so great that he saw the needful measures and the means to carry them out
B u t in 53 Crassus was killed in battle; and at about the same tim e Pompey began to feel jealous of Caesar s success and fearful of his power
Summary
The one means of safety for both Gauls and Romans was that the Romans should govern all the country west of the Rhine and should hold the Germans at bay on the other side of that great river This was the result of Caesar’s conquest of Gaul; and this result is the great justification of his bloody warfare there. Ambitious motives; but his ambition was so great that it could never have been satisfied until he had brought the empire he ruled to the highest possible degree of excellence, and his genius was so great that he saw the needful measures and the means to carry them out The daggers of his assassins gave him too short a time to complete his work; but he did enough to prove hi,mself the greatest man in Roman history
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