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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
“All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls, the third”
The Conquest of Gaul, Book I.1, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
The opening sentence, which maps Gaul as a space to be conquered before any fighting begins.
Citation: "All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls, the third" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book I.1, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q1)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
