The Romans on the Riviera and the Rhone: A Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the Roman Province (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Romans on the Riviera and the Rhone: A Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the Roman Province<br><br>Caesar means Gallia with the Rhone Valley left out as already conquered and reduced to a Province; (2) that the inroad of the Helvetii into Gaul so ruthlessly ar rested and repulsed by Caesar was looked upon as threatening a repetition of the cimbro-teuton invasion which had so nearly overwhelmed Italy less than half a century earlier; (3) that the driving of Ariovistus back across the Rhine showed that Caesar''s eagle-eye saw at a glance where the real danger lay and that it was better policy to encounter Germany in Alsace than on the Rhone or in Provence.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.