"An Historical Atlas," by Robert H. Labberton (1885) Alt: Gaul Before and After the Roman Conquest
I received the following in email and have no suggestions for the writer. Do you? If so, please post in the comments.
In my old age I am interested in a possible tour of Switzerland, Germany, France and Belgium retracing the campaigns of Julius Caesar as described in his /Commentaries./ I was a classics major at Tulane University, B.A. 1963, J.D. 1966, and have always been interested in an expedition such as this. Friends of mine and I like to visit places where "something happened;" and we feel this would be a thrilling journey. Battles and strategies come alive when one views the actual place, sees the terrain and natural obstacles. I visited Lake Trasumeno in Italy a year or so ago where Hannibal defeated the Consul Flaminius in 217 B.C., as described in Livy, Book XXII. One can visualize exactly what happened and the text comes alive. This is the type trip we would like to take in France.Do you know of any tours or itineraries available for this sort of thing? I appreciate your help and have signed up for your newsletter. I am rusty in Latin but am still intrigued by the history.
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Don’t know of any organised tours, but there are Roman sites worth visiting all over the place, Alesia being the obvious starting point: http://www.alesia.com/english_fr_000369.html
Bavay (near where I live) also has ruins that can be visited; it was capital of the Nervii. (I’m sure there are many more sites like it, I just happen to know that one is there because I’ve driven past it.) It’s also worth seeing the white cliffs of Dover first-hand, to get a feel for how intimidating it must have been for the Romans to navigate the windy channel and land there.
From email:
“Just yesterday I was at the Muséo-Parc associated with the
battlefield of Alesia, and I thought you might be interested in including it
sometime.
http://www.alesia.com/english_fr_000369.html
I was extremely impressed with the exhibit. Nearly everything is in English
and German as well as French. The only difficulty would be the live
demonstration of legionaries, which was only in French – but I think you
could probably tell most of what was going on.
It is fairly new – I think they said it opened in March of 2012 – and the
exhibit is really excellent and the entrance price is reasonable. Some of
the ceramics in the gift shop are overpriced but their purchase is optional.”
Caesar’s” stamping grounds” in Europe.
THAT’s an undetailed question BECAUSE, there were Battles done,
at places which are now overgrown with weed or riversediments
2 meters higher than in 50 BC
On the other hand
If Abandoned roadside Camps or Castelli are also
regarded as” Ancient Caesar’s Stampinggrounds”
These are rather tame but better preserved because
they were on Higher ot rocky terrain and might have
been left intact by later followers or the local indigenes( if any)
So this quest for Caesar’s ancient StampingGrounds”
is more of a roadside movie.
WE MUST NOT FORGET
that Caesar’s veteran soldiers went after their dismissal
to italy( 72 confiscated Winehills in Tuscany.)
Which feature in the Ephraim-Bible/Pesshita, of 371 ad, as the
72 Wide Eyed” Maidens” that each Muslim soldier can expect in the 7 Heavens.
OTHER Caesar’s veterans got military/army-Pension-Land
in northern Israel, which these colonists renamed after their Stations
in France/Gaul thus Gallicia or Gallilea(in the new Testament.)
MEANWHILE
their Patron Caesar went to Rome in 44 bc and was killed there
the old veterans got a piece of his inheritange in gold Coin,
reasopn why he was afterwards REFERED TO AS” GOLD-BOY ”
or in greek:” CHRESTOS ” -Jesus or IOSHA/King o/t Jews,
only meant that Caesar was suppreme Commander in Israel
Translating ” MESSIAH & IOSHA ( meaning Suppreme Army-Commander !) as both ‘ The Enointed” is just an afterthought !
Sincerely,
Prof. MUSTER, Holland dd 27 Aug. 2012