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Episode XCVIII - Caesar's Gallic War

Emperors of Rome

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Probably Not, but It Was Written by Julius Caesar.

We don't have anything else like that to the extent that, you know, other generals who fought in other wars didn't write their texts. It's almost like if alexander the great wrote an account of his achievements, his work would probably have been passed down as well. Ye, to a certain extent. This is always chance, yo, i writ so sometimes things that you would assume would be retained, we have just lost them,. But yoare sure that those always interest in caesar's words at the time, being on the best cellar list increases the odds of a copy staying around long enough yer for a monk to get their hands on it.

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