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Caesar's campaigns in Gaul.
Title: Caesar's campaigns in Gaul.
Category: History
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Caesar's campaigns in Gaul.
Caesar's campaigns in Gaul began in 58 BC, when the Helvetii and several neighboring peoples began a mass migration from their homes in Switzerland. He waged numerous campaigns, costing the lives of an estimated two million men, women, and children. Within eight years he brought under his power all the territory bounded by the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Rhine, and the Atlantic Ocean, or about what corresponds to the modern countries of France, Belgium, and Holland.
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…showed last 75 words of 899 total…Caesar honored several chiefs by granting them franchise and admitted some in the Senate. After eight years the work of Romanizing Gaul had begun and the two provinces Gallia and Belgica were formed. In 17 A.D. Roman money was introduced and Latin became the official language.
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Spielvogel,Jackson, Western Civilization, 5th edition. Page 126
ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_pennellhistoryofrome30.htm
http://www.forumromanum.org/history/morey21.html
http://www.athenapub.com/caesarg1.htm
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