Line of Fire (6/41): Caesar's Conquest of Gaul in 58 BC

For educational purposes<br /><br />In 58 BC, Julius Caesar pushed north from Rome into unruly lands of the barbarians. <br /><br />Less than eight years later, the empire extended all the way to the Atlantic, and Roman Legions were making incursions into Britain. <br /><br />The key to Caesar's victory lay not in the superiority of the Roman war machine but in his mastery of strategy, tactics, discipline, and military engineering. <br /><br />According to Plutarch, Caesar's campaign resulted in 800 conquered cities, 300 subdued tribes, a million slaves, and 3-million dead on the battlefield--all this, not to mention becoming First Man in Rome.