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Old 12-31-2007, 02:50 AM
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the "conquest" of gauls wasn't that hard, it took about 30 years for the romans to control the whole country, caesar wrote his book to celebrate his own glory
most of the french didn't resist, vercingetorix's resistance was nothing more than a small rebellion
"courageous gauls" resisting the roman invasion is a myth invented by the french to promote patriotism
it took about 100 years for the romans to control 2 cities on the east coast of corsica aleria & mariana but it was very unsafe, that's why there aren't any huge roman ruins here
I found this video on youtube, it's pretty cool
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