Gallic Wars: Book VI

  • Book VI describes a year in the Gallic Wars (58-51 BCE) conducted by Julius Caesar against the Celtic Tribes in Gaul. After the war, Gaul became a Roman Province for the next 400 years.
  • Julius Caesar wrote De Bello Gallico using the third person to describe his personal experience as the Commander-in-chief.

Book VI (53 BCE)

War against the Eburones

  • The Gallic Tribes changed their tactics and planned to attack the Roman Legions whilst they are in their winter quarters.
  • The Eburones annihilated 6,000 Roman soldiers. As a result, Caesar set out and annihilated the entire Tribe, inviting another Tribe to occupy its former territory.

The Battles

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