Caesar’s British Expedition: What are the Real Intentions Behind His Two Expeditions?
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.413How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Caesar’s British Expedition; Real intention; Conquest theory
- Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the real intention behind Caesar’s two British expeditions and the evidence against the conquest theory. In Commentarii De Bello Gallico, Caesar claimed that he invaded Britain because he would like to teach the Britons a lesson for aiding the Gauls. Most modern scholars disagree that Caesar’s true intention is what Caesar had said, so they came up with their own theories. Ranzani said Caesar’s expedition is for glory, while Deutsch argues that Caesar’s expeditions are for pearls. Mitchell suggests that Caesar went to Britain for tin, while Ranzani, Schadee, Raaflaub, and Riggsby all came up with the theory of Caesar’s military and political gains. Brady is one of the few scholars who believe in what Caesar had said – to punish the Gauls. Moreover, Brady also considers Caesar’s expeditions a success since he does not think Caesar’s true goal is to conquer Britain.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Zhejun Zhang PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/24 TI - Caesar’s British Expedition: What are the Real Intentions Behind His Two Expeditions? BT - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 2392 EP - 2395 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.413 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.413 ID - Zhang2021 ER -