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volume xiv, issue iv, winter 2023
Roman Conquests: Gaul

Roman Conquests: Gaul

by Michael M. Sage

Series: Roman Conquests

Imprint: Pen and Sword Military

224 Pages, 6.1 x 9.2 in, 8 pages color plates, and 6 b/w maps

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9781399077323
October 2023
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"This is a useful entry in this series looking at one of the best known of all Roman Conquests." — History of War

This latest volume in the Roman Conquests: series deals with some of the best known Roman campaigns of all. Indeed, due to the involvement of Julius Caesar and the commentaries he wrote upon them, these are some of the most studied of any ancient campaigns. Before Caesar, however, Rome had already established a foothold across the Alps in Gaul (the Province, modern Provence) and Michael M Sage starts with these early acquisitions which were largely reactive and defensive. The Gauls were one of the great warrior societies of ancient Europe and some of Rome's heaviest defeats were suffered here at the end of the second century BC. This context makes all the more remarkable the dazzling success of the audacious campaigns, just half a century later, by which Caesar rapidly completed the initial conquest of the rest of Gaul. The subsequent revolts that soon occurred, culminating in the great unified rising under Vercingetorix, are also covered in detail, with the epic siege of Alesia as the dramatic climax. Michael Sage narrates and analyzes all these campaigns, showing how the Roman war machine was able ultimately able to overcome vastly superior numbers of Celtic warriors to extend Rome's rule from the Mediterranean to the English Channel.

Michael M Sage gained his doctorate in Classics from Toronto University in 1973. After a long teaching career at the University of Cincinatti, Ohio, he is now Emeritus Professor of Classics. His previous works include Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (1996) and The Republican Roman Army: A Sourcebook (2008).

"The narrative reads pleasantly and will be entertaining for anyone interested in the Celts or Romans." ~Hereditas Nexus

"An excellent introduction provides the background to the action of the book. Michael Sage has managed to narrate what is perhaps one of the most well-known of Rome's conquest, carried out by its most well-known conqueror, in a lucid yet adequately in-depth manner. Highly recommended to any reader of Ancient Warfare magazine." ~Ancient Warfare Magazine

"This is a useful entry in this series looking at one of the best known of all Roman Conquests." ~History of War

"The book goes into previous battles between Caesar and the Gauls and how he made allies of some tribes which helped him to defeat others... Only one chapter of this book relates to Casesar's invasion of England, the rest, as the title suggests, concentrates on how he fought and eventually pacified the various tribes in Gaul." ~Terry Sutton of the Dover Express & Folkestone Herald