. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Caesar wanted to eclipsethem all, he must present Rome with a new province, themost powerful of all bribes. It was in this spirit that he setout for Gaul. If his ulterior motive was selfish it is certainthat he threw himself heart and soul, with all the burningenergy of which his tireless spirit was capable, into the work of conquest and civilisation. And what a work it was! Archae-ology is now beginning to prove tohistory that the so-called barbarianswere by no means always the naked woad-stained Britonsha
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Caesar wanted to eclipsethem all, he must present Rome with a new province, themost powerful of all bribes. It was in this spirit that he setout for Gaul. If his ulterior motive was selfish it is certainthat he threw himself heart and soul, with all the burningenergy of which his tireless spirit was capable, into the work of conquest and civilisation. And what a work it was! Archae-ology is now beginning to prove tohistory that the so-called barbarianswere by no means always the naked woad-stained Britonshad their arts and industries and politi-cal systems. The Gauls, when Caesarattacked them, were well on the road tocivilisation. Druidism was a decliningforce, town-life was beginning, andthere was even a fairly artistic Gallic pottery is by no meansdestitute of beauty. As soldiers theGauls showed many of the qualities of their descendants,a devoted impetuosity in the charge, coupled with a lack oftenacity in resistance which always cost them dear. Much of114. Gallic Pottery
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