What is Gallic Wars?
[[File:Vercingetorix statère MAN.jpg|thumb|150px|The main leader of the Gauls: Vercingetorix]] The '''Gallic Wars''' were [[military campaign]]s waged by the [[Roman]] proconsul [[Julius Caesar]] against tribes in [[Gaul]] between 58 BC and 50 [[BC]].<ref>Gilliver, Catherine 2003. ''Caesar's Gallic wars, 58–50 BC''. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-49484-4.</ref> The wars gave Rome rich farmlands in Gaul (roughly [[France]] and [[Belgium]] up to the [[Rhine]]). Caesar's sub-commanders included [[Mark Antony]], [[Titus Labienus]], [[Quintus Tullius Cicero]] (brother of [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]]), [[Publius Licinius Crassus]] (brother of [[Marcus Licinus Crassus]], the richest man in Rome), [[Decimus Brutus Albinus]] and [[Servius Sulpicius Galba (praetor 54 BC)]].<ref>This Galba was a praetor in 54 BC and one of the assassins who murdered Julius Caesar.</ref> Julius Caesar described the Gallic Wars in his book ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. This is the main source, but it makes impossible claims about the number of Gauls killed (over a million), while claiming few Roman casualties. Modern historians believe that Gallic forces were far smaller than Caesar claimed, and that they (the Romans) suffered tens of thousands of casualties. One of the leaders of the Gauls, [[Vercingetorix]], was taken to Rome, and later executed. The main contemporary source for the conflict is Julius Caesar's ''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]''. This was thought to be truthful and accurate until the 20th century. Even in 1908, [[Camille Jullian]] wrote a comprehensive history of Gaul and took Caesar's account as absolutely true. But after World War&nbsp;II, historians began to question if Caesar's claims stood up.<ref> Grant, Michael 1969. ''Julius Caesar''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. </ref><ref>Wyke, Maria 2008. ''Caesar: a life in Western culture''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</ref> Modern estimates are that at the [[battle of Alesia]], in 52 BC, there were about 70,000 Gauls, and the same number of Roman troo