Finally finished Dan Carlin's HARDCORE HISTORY episode on Caesar in Gaul, and he keeps coming back to one thing that puzzles him...
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Caesar's account of the Gallic Wars keeps putting, to Carlin, sympathetic sentiments in the mouths of the Gauls: they talk about liberty.
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The Gauls are speaking, via Caesar, in terms of things that Romans might admire. Carlin's puzzled: *why would Caesar make them sympathetic?*
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Carlin suggests Caesar's thinking down the line about reintegrating the Gauls post-conquest, but my theory is something more immediate.
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Caesar's talking to Romans. His own constituency. My theory: Caesar was targeting a Roman constituency that wanted an authoritarian state.
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How do you make Caesar look good to Romans who want, not just a veteran, but an authoritarian leader who's one of /their guys/?
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Easy: you show Caesar, not just kicking Gaulish ass, but kicking the ass of Gauls who talk *like those fucking cucks in the Senate.*
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intriguing but improbable bc caesar's treatment of them is consistent with a long tradition (see lovejoy & boas, primitivism in antiquity)
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