Caesar vs Alexander

[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]

I wouldn't say he brought civilization to these people. It brings about the question of what is civilization or civilized. If you look at it from the romans perspective, if you weren't in the roman realm, then you were simply not civilized, except maybe Egypt until their conqering, as well as the Parthians until they fell to roman legions. These Gauls had a society, maybe not as complex as the roman one, but they had kings and a religious cult, if that is the correct way to describe it. Some of them even spoke Greek and Latin, which is really what the Romans thought to be cultured. So did caesar really civilise these people, or did he simply Romanize them. The important thing Caesar did was bringing the Roman system of Law to Gauls and the surrounding territories. Also the forcing of Latin to these people created the formation of the modern day languages. So in conclusion, I believe that caesar brought Roman Law and Language to Gaul, more than he brought civilization to an already civilized people. Remember also that the word barbarian comes from not the way a group of people live, but from the way they talked, to the greeks it sounded like Bar- Bar, hense the greek word barbarian. <p></p><i></i>