Caesar's footprints : a cultural excursion to ancient France : journeys through Roman Gaul

Julius Caesar's Conquests In Gaul Were Bloody And Transformative. On The Pretext Of Curbing An Imminent Barbarian Threat To The Roman Republic, Caesar First Defeated And Decimated The Helvetii Tribe, Before Subjugating The Other Celtic Peoples Who Occupied The Territory Of What Is Now Modern France. In The Wake Of This Conquest The Romans Left Behind A Legacy Of Language, Literature, Law, Religion, And Architecture. From Marseille And Mulhouse To Orléans And Autun, Bijan Omrani Journeys Across Gaul In The Footsteps Of Its Roman Conquerors. From The Amphitheatres Of Arles And Nîmes To The Battlefield Of Châlonsz--where Flavius Aetius Defeated Attila The Hun--this Exciting And Authoritative Voice In Roman History Explores Archaeological Sites, Artifacts, And Landscapes To Reveal How The Imprint Of Roman Culture Shaped Celtic France. Caesar Laid Gallic Civilization To Waste, But During The Tumult The Gauls Exchanged Their Tribal Quarrels For The Paraphernalia Of Civilized Urban Life. This Dramatic Historical Narrative Tells The Incredible Story Of Caesar's Gallic Wars And Traces The Indelible Imprint On Modern Europe Of The Gallo-roman Civilization That Emerged As A Result. Gaul Before Caesar -- Caesar's Command -- The Taming Of Gaul -- Tales Of The Imagination -- When In France -- High Life And City Chic -- Country Life -- The Dignity Of Labour -- In Their Own Words -- Blood Of The Martyrs -- Epilogue: From An Empire To A Dream. Bijan Omrani. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 357-370) And Index. "Julius Caesar's conquests in Gaul were bloody and transformative. On the pretext of curbing an imminent barbarian threat to the Roman Republic, Caesar first defeated and decimated the Helvetii tribe, before subjugating the other Celtic peoples who occupied the territory of what is now modern France. In the wake of this conquest the Romans left behind a legacy of language, literature, law, religion, and architecture. From Marseille and Mulhouse to Orleans and Autun, Bijan Omrani journeys across Gaul in the footsteps of its Roman conquerors. From the amphitheatres of Arles and Nimes to the battlefield of Chalonsz--where Flavius Aetius defeated Attila the Hun--this exciting and authoritative voice in Roman history explores archaeological sites, artifacts, and landscapes to reveal how the imprint of Roman culture shaped Celtic France. Caesar laid Gallic civilization to waste, but during the tumult the Gauls exchanged their tribal quarrels for the paraphernalia of civilized urban life. This dramatic historical narrative tells the incredible story of Caesar's Gallic Wars and traces the indelible imprint on modern Europe of the Gallo-Roman civilization that emerged as a result."--Worldcat An intellectual adventure through ancient France revealing how Caesar's conquest of Gaul changed the course of French culture, forever transforming modern Europe. Julius Caesar's conquests in Gaul in the 50s b.c. were bloody, but the cultural revolution they brought in their wake forever transformed the ancient Celtic culture of that country. After Caesar, the Gauls exchanged their tribal quarrels for Roman values and acquired the paraphernalia of civilized urban life. The Romans also left behind a legacy of language, literature, law, government, religion, architecture, and industry. Each chapter of Caesar's Footprints is dedicated to a specific journey of exploration through Roman Gaul. From the amphitheatres of Arles and Nîmes to the battlefield of Châlons (where Flavius Aetius defeated Attila the Hun), Bijan Omrani—an exciting and authoritative new voice in Roman history—explores archaeological sites, artifacts, and landscapes to reveal how the imprint of Roman culture shaped Celtic France, and thereby helped to create modern Europe. A thrilling sequence of journeys across France in the footsteps of Caesar and his successors, revealing how the Romans changed the face of France, and of Europe, forever