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Article: The republic falls.(Roman Republic)
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- Calliope
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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Rome had many clever and determined generals, but none has seized the modern imagination as firmly as Julius Caesar. In less than 10 years (59-50 B.C.), he conquered what is today France, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland with a relatively modest army. In the process, he subdued hundreds of Gallic tribes and cities and made them part of the Roman Empire. He was also the first Roman general to land in Britain and to cross the Rhine River into Germany. The unity felt today between the countries of western Europe derives ultimately from Caesar's amazing conquests and the subsequent expansion of Roman civilization there.
How Caesar came to accomplish all this is an ...
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