The Conquerors — Season 1, Episode 12: Caesar - Conqueror of Gaul

Episode synopsis

In 58 BC, Julius Caesar pushed north from Rome into the unruly lands of the barbarians. Less than eight years later, the empire extended all the way to the Atlantic, and Roman Legions were making incursions into Britain. The key to Caesar's victory lay not in the superiority of the Roman war machine but in his mastery of strategy, tactics, discipline, and military engineering. According to Plutarch, Caesar's campaign resulted in 800 conquered cities, 300 subdued tribes, a million slaves, and 3-million dead on the battlefield--all this, not to mention becoming First Man in Rome.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1William the Conqueror
• E2General William Howe - Conqueror of New York
• E3Andrew Jackson - Conqueror of Florida
• E4Cortés - Conqueror of Mexico
• E5John G. Freemont - Conqueror of California
• E6El Cid
• E7Marshal Zhukov - WWII Conqueror of Berlin
• E8Sherman's March to the Sea
• E9Cromwell - Conqueror of Ireland
• E10King David
• E11Napoleon's Greatest Victory
• E13Suleyman the Magnificent