JC32+Gallic+Wars

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Gallic Wars: campaigns and tactics, siege of Alesia
Question 24 (b) Assess the military achievements of Julius Caesar. (15 marks) //(This question also takes in "Relationship with his army" and "Role in the Civil War")//
 * Past HSC question 2007**

Question 24 (b) Evaluate the significance of the Gallic Wars in the career of Julius Caesar. (15 marks)
 * Past HSC question 2006**

See Caesar's military activities in Gaul, Germany and Britain from the Fall of the Roman Republic topic.

“When by the //lex Vatinia// in 59 Caesar received the provinces of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum, he must have been well satisfied. Cisalpine Gaul provided a fine recruiting ground and it was near enough to Rome to allow him to keep in touch with political events.”
 * H.H. Scullard**, //From the Gracchi to Nero//, p.130