They thought, that considering the extent of their population, and their renown for warfare and bravery, they had but narrow limits, although they extended in length 240, and in breadth 180 miles. From these circumstances it resulted, that they could range less widely, and could less easily make war upon their neighbors for which reason men fond of war were affected with great regret. To this he the more easily persuaded them, because the Helvetii, are confined on every side by the nature of their situation on one side by the Rhine, a very broad and deep river, which separates the Helvetian territory from the Germans on a second side by the Jura, a very high mountain, which is between the Sequani and the Helvetii on a third by the Lake of Geneva, and by the river Rhone, which separates our Province from the Helvetii.

He, when Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso were consuls, incited by lust of sovereignty, formed a conspiracy among the nobility, and persuaded the people to go forth from their territories with all their possessions, that it would be very easy, since they excelled all in valor, to acquire the supremacy of the whole of Gaul. Among the Helvetii, Orgetorix was by far the most distinguished and wealthy. Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest, because they are furthest from the civilization and refinement of Province, and merchants least frequently resort to them, and import those things which tend to effeminate the mind and they are the nearest to the Germans, who dwell beyond the Rhine, with whom they are continually waging war for which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers. The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani the Marne and the Seine separate them from the Belgae. All these differ from each other in language, customs and laws.

All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called “Celts,” in our language “Gauls,” the third. The following is an adaptation of Caesar’s Gallic War, trans. As Rankin has observed, “Caesar was not a historian: he was a political war-lord in need of good public relations material to confuse both friends and enemies in Rome about the true nature of his activities in Gaul.” He was not interested in Celtic ethnography per se, but rather on the political and social matters of the élite which were relevant for Roman imperial interests. Although he clearly had much first-hand contact with Celts, some scholars believe that he also drew upon Posidonius. His book Commentarii de Bello Gallico ( Commentaries on the Gallic War, often called The Conquest of Gaul), was a propaganda piece (written in 53 BCE) justifying his military and political actions during a nine year campaign in Gaul (and a short jaunt into Britain). Julius Cæsar (100 BCE – 44 BCE), the famous Roman politician and soldier, rose to fame and power in his conquest of the Celts of western Europe.

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