Upon his return from Gaul, the aspiring Caesar had to make a choice. What he wrote, how he wrote it and also what he didn’t write, was to increase his reputation in Rome and support his political goals.

However, the book was written with a Roman audience in mind, since they paid for the campaign with their taxes and Caesar wanted to win them over for his cause. Up to this day, his book is considered a crucial source on the history of this Celtic people, who also feature in Travian.

The campaign lasted eight years and cost the lives of many people and even more gold, but in the end it also removed the threat posed by the feared Gauls.Ĭaesar described his campaign against the Gauls in great detail in his book “De Bello Gallico” (‘On the Gallic War’). He defeated Vercingetorix, the leader of the rebellious Gauls, and conquered a large area from the French Atlantic coast to the North Sea and the River Rhine for Rome. But what’s the story behind this phrase?Īt the beginning of 49 BC the proconsul and general Gaius Julius Caesar returned with his legions from Gaul. Today, we use it in the context of making a tough, non-retractable decision. “Alea iacta est” – with these words Caesar crossed the river Rubicon, as legend has it, and this phrase became a well-known saying.

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