Gallic Wars
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Gallic Wars has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.