Caesar’s The Gallic Wars

Caesar is used as the primary source and it's a pretty good summarisation/examination of his campaign in Gaul.

Absolutely love Dan Carlin's hardcore history series. I've listened to the Blueprint for Armageddon one and the one about the Lutheran rebellion. Definitely will have to check out the Celtic one.

[–] PMYA 1 points (+1|-0)

I've listened to every episode at least once. I think I might have listened to Blueprint for Armageddon 4 times now. I actually wanted to write something up on the Munster rebellion for /s/HistoryAnecdotes, but it is very difficult to find sources with a lot of information in English. There's like one guy who wrote about it, and the rebellion is only a part of what the book is about.

[–] mindtrip [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I remember pulling over in my car at one point in the Blueprint for Armageddon one where he's describing the British veterans vs the army of German School kids, the soldiers writing home about it. So brutal and gut wrenching.

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[–] mindtrip [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

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Most of the way through Julius Caesar’s The Gallic Wars (I’m using a free audiobook reader on my phone). It’s an interesting read I’m most of the way through. I have laughed a few times because of course he talks himself up and big notes himself. At one point I think he marry’s off his mother in law to one of the Gallic Tribes which I laughed at (assuming I recall it correctly).

Definitely recommend it for fans of history. Fascinating stuff to read a book written by one of the most influential people in history.

Caesar’s The Gallic Wars

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