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Originally Posted by Ebusitanus
Iīm always intrigued how all this became so reknown when Caesarīs Campaigns in Gaul lokked more like a Blitzkrieg than anything else.
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Originally Posted by Ebusitanus
the XIX Century French nationalism.
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The Third Republic liked to insist on France's Celtic origins ("Our ancestrors, the Gauls") and Vercingetorix became a real myth since he was seen as a "typical French hero" who united Gallic tribes and fought for "freedom" against an Empire (German Empire regarded as a new Roman Empire). Also mainly because at the time Joan of Arc could not be used as a patriotic symbol (because of Franco-British alliance; and because she was Catholic and therefore used by catholic monarchists and other "non-official" nationalists) and all historical characters linked to the Franks (Clovis, Charles Martel, ...) were also linked to Germany.
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Originally Posted by Ebusitanus
Compare the time it took Rome to crush and anex Gaul with what it took them to do the same in Iberia.
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Gaul was "officially" annexed in 52BC but it took the Romans about 50 years to pacify Gaul, and then there were several great revolts (especially in 21), as well as several "separatist" attemtps ("Empire of the Gauls" in 68, 260-278).