quote from the CD insert: And another song on the fateful Gaulish war. At least according [to] ancient historians, it was in the year 58 BC, when the Roman armies under Gaius Julius Caesar initiated an immense war against Gallia (a war which was actually not ratified by the Roman senate; yet Caesar was in a political dilemma and needed that war both for financial as well as political reasons). It was outside the Gaulish city of Bibracte (near todays Autun/Saône-et-Loire in France) that the Roman legions besieged the gathered Celtic clans of Gallia. It is an open question how Caesar managed to convince so many legions to follow him and fight a war that would have been disapproved by the Roman senate. The Helvetians were one of the most wealthy Celtic clans and their treasures of gold were legendary. It is certain that Caesar pledged a high bounty of gold to his legions for conquering the Helvetians and their allied clans... remuneration that would never have been attainable for Roman legionaires otherwise. Caesar authored reports about Gallia and sent them to Rome on a regular basis. Reports in which he portrayed circumstances in an obviously distorted manner, characterising Gallia, especially the Helvetians, as a serious threat to the Roman empire; hoping to acquire Romes blessings for his private war. The song deals with the thoughts of a young Gaulish warrior, standing on the fields of Bibracte together with hundreds of thoughsands of his fellow warriors, awaiting the Roman legions, seeing them appearing on the horizon. It must have felt strange as hell... Nothing, absolutely nothing has changed. Wars of aggression, like the ones engaged in by every world power, especially America, are ALWAYS built on lies to get people to fight in them. War is always a racket. As Einstein said, The pioneers of a warless world are the young men who refuse military service.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:14:48 +0000
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