Re: Celtic Origins

On 26 Jan 2006 23:44:00 -0800, "bernard"
<bernard_connor11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>After the defeat of Vercingetorix, Julius Caesar effectively destroyed
>the Gauls with savage repression and ethnic cleansing.

Well - no. It is true he had slaughtered a large number of the more
militant, including the population of whole towns and villages, and
particularly the leaders, but in general he sold the populations into
slavery. The proceeds from the sale of slaves was one of the major
sources of funding for his legions.
>
>I understand that Odovacer ( Odacer in Gibbon) was the Gothic King who
>ruled Rome after the collapse of the Western Empire.
>
>Gibbon also wrote that he nominally acted as vice-regent to the Emperor
>in Constantinople.



Eric Stevens

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