Romans in Britain: Genocide & Christianity?

[Robert Vermaat]

the number exceeded 2,000,000, which must have been a huge percentage of the Gallic population. So, yes, I would catagorize the "conquest" of Gaul as genocide. This says very little for Caesar as a "good man."

Did Caesar not exaggerate? Gaul seems to have done fine after the conquest, I know of no evidence that there were wholly depopulated areas which somehow lagged behind in the development of Roman Gaul.
It says little or nothing about Caesar - at the time, warlords did kill enemy populations, and the Romans were no different. No one expected him to do anything else, did they? I don't believe any of Caesar's advisaries ever accused him of being a ruthless killer - in fact I think he was admired for it.
It mattered little whether entire populations were wiped out or just the men - the women and children could hardly count on continuing their existance when the men perished on the battlefield. When tribes went to war instead of tenfding the fuields, the chances of starvation were high anyway.