What Tom Holland has said about Gallic Wars
1 quote · 1 episode · May 3, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Gallic Wars once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland argued that the wine-for-slaves trade divided the Gauls and enabled Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
“So basically wine is what enables Julius Caesar to conquer Gaul”
The Rest Is History: 666. Wine and the Birth of Civilisation (May 3, 2026) · Listen from 19:36
Episodes
666. Wine and the Birth of CivilisationThe Rest Is History · May 3, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of wine through seven key moments, from Neolithic Georgia and Rome to Islam, English bottles, French terroir and the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
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