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Before the conquest of salientian consulship was yet to be pertinacious as the senate were being secured by massive bribery from Marcus Bibulous as a part of an anti- caesarean election although failed to prevent Caesars election. Caesar had than succeeded in organising an overpowering coalition of political bosses which included (Pompey and Crassus) which became the first triumvirate. The alliance was affectively sealed by Pompey marrying Caesars only child Julia. The Gallic war (58-51 BC) was the conflict in which Julius Caesar emerged as a great military leader after an earlier vocation as a politician. A conflict that began with an attempt to preserve stability on the borders of Roman province transmontane toad frog soon cancelled into a war of conquest. Only after putting down collar major Gallic revolts. Caesar described Gaul as being severalize into three sections Omniun Gallo in tres partes divisa est- Commentarri de Bello Gallico. The north east of the country was be by the Belgae, the centre of the country was inhabited by the Celts and the area beyond the Garonne River was populated by the Aquitani. As Gaul was split up Caesar effectively satisfactory to divide and conquer. capital of Italys new province was officially called ultramontane Gaul to distinguish it from ultramontane Gaul in northern Italy. Transalpine Gaul governed separately from Cisalpine Gaul but in 59 BC the governor of Transalpine Gaul died and the province was assigned to Caesar. Cisalpine Gaul also owned by Caesar gave him a military recruiting anchor which gave Caesar a springboard for the conquest beyond Romes trades union West frontier. In 58 BC Romes northwest frontier, ran from the Alps down the left bank of the upper Rhone River to Pyrenees, skirting the southwestern eastern foot of the Cevennes.... ...and gave the name for the month July.Although it was said the invasions were pre-emptive it is believed they were fought primarily to supercharge Caesars po litical career and pay of his massive debts. His achievements over the defeat of Gaul regardless still amazing as the Romans didnt possess all great superiority in the military equipment over the north European barbarians. The Gallic Calvary was far superior to Rome but Romes military superiority lay in its master of schema in tactics, discipline and military engineering. In Caesars mind his conquest of Gaul was probably carried out as a means to his ultimate end. He was acquiring the military manpower the plunder and the prestige that he infallible to secure a freehand for the prosecution of the task of reorganizing the roman nominate and the rest of the Greco- Roman world.I came, I saw, I conquered- Julius Caesar.