97 - Gallic Wars 7: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt

Cost of Glory - Un pódcast de Alex Petkas

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Caesar faces the Gallic Grande Armée through fire and snow, in part 7, the climax of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico). This is a world-history making story (the conquest of what’s now modern France), told by a world-history making storyteller. Caesar entered Gaul as a mere politician. He returned 9 years later as a conqueror - and an enemy of the state. He tells how it all happened with his own pen.In this episode:

  • Slaughterings begin at Cenabum
  • The Incendiary Tactics of Vercingetorix
  • Rebellion amongst Roman Allies
  • Caesar loses Gregovia…
  • …but clinches victory at Alesia
  • Vercingetorix falls, sealing the fate of Gaul
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