During Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, the Romans interacted with Celtic tribes as mediators, “peacekeepers”, protectors, and rulers of the tribes. Although the Romans conquered the Celtic tribes, they allowed the tribes to govern themselves, only interfering only when there was talk of rebellion. Additionally, the Romans acted as a third party if there were disagreements in a tribe, working to solve the issue diplomatically. The Romans sought to stop rebellions and wars diplomatically. They warned before using their military. Sometimes they offered gifts and rewards to those who willingly complied with their terms. Most of the time the terms consisted of presenting hostages as reassurance that the tribe would follow the Romans. If the Celts…show more content… The Celts likely would not have thought Roman civilization was courageous or made any sense. Surely they would not have had a leader for very long without trying to overthrow him. They would have succeeded at some time and there would have been many civil wars. Given their “barbaric” mindset, most of them would have wanted to be in the army. However, had they adopted that type of society, it would have been impossible for all of them to be in the army because it would no longer be the structure of civilized Roman society. This explains why instead of having a complicated government like the Romans, they were led by those who established themselves as courageous and strong, yet successful. Despite living like barbarians and the lack of a structured government like the Romans, somehow they thrived. If they had attempted to be like the Romans they might have (and most likely would have) failed by infighting and splitting into many different groups and doing things their own way, therefore reestablishing their “barbaric” way of…show more content… At times, if his army was losing the fight in his absence, he would personally join his army. One such instance was when “Caesar sent some cohorts to the rescue under young Brutus, then others under the general Gaius Fabius; finally, as the struggle grew fiercer, he led up a fresh detachment in person.”. (pg. 199) Once Caesar showed up, his army would notice, fight 10 times harder and somehow, against all odds, win the battle that they were sure to lose. His mere presence inspired confidence, bravery and a sense of duty, therefore making his army that much stronger. He selected certain individuals that had proven themselves reliable under pressure and placed them in command positions among his army to bolster the confidence of the other soldiers. “Caesar placed each of his five generals ahead of a legion and detailed his quaestor to command the remaining legion, so that every soldier might know that there was a high officer in a position to observe the courage with which he conducted himself…”. (pg. 56) If that did not work, he would personally go onto the battlefield; making his way to where his army was weakest and fight alongside his soldiers. After rallying his troops there he would then move on to other weak points, causing his army to fight that much harder. His presence was even a factor in how his enemy would
