Campaigns

Garrett Jones Military Campaigns

Julius Caesar was a brilliant military strategist. The time I thought about him being an example of it was when he took over the governorship of Gaul and was in power. Once he was fully in power he had a large area from which he could recruit soldiers. The army he created was well-trained and disciplined. Between 58-50 B.C. Caesar used his knowledge in military, and with Romans army training and discipline, he conquered and subdued the rest of Gaul. He was also very brutal, with the rebels he had captured, he would wait for the water supply to run out for them and cut off the hands of whoever survived. ( http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/julius_caesar.html ) Another good example of Ancient Rome military campaign is the First Punic War 264 BC.The Romans and the Carthaginians were both occupying Sicily. Both of them wanted control of the whole island. The first Punic War began when the people of Massena revolted against the Carthaginians. The Romans wanted the island because they feared the Carthaginian Empire of Northern Africa and they want to keep them as far away from the Roman Empire. Even though there was no clear winner, the Carthaginians did leave Sicily and agreed to pay war cost to the Romans. This military campaign helped keep the Roman Empire secure. Following the end of the First Punic War, the second one started in 218 BC. Rome also won this war with their campaign and dominated. 149 BC, a third Punic War started and like the other wars, Romans campaign caused a great victory. (http://www.looklex.com/e.o/punic_wr.htm ) (http://wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM) (Moulton, Carroll. __Ancient Greece and Rome__. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1998.)