had won many of their battles and marched successfully through most of Gaul. "Over the course of a decade, Caesar subdued great portions of Gaul, built roads, captured a million prisoners, and took vast amounts of the region's wealth" ("Ancient Rome"). The Roman acquisition of Gaul was important in shaping the future the Empire. Had Caesar not defended Gaul from the German's, Greco-Roman culture may not have had the influence it did on the shaping of Western Europe (Haywood 305-310). Before Julius Caesar was fifty years old he had doubled the amount of land under Roman control.
             After Crassus's death in 52 B.C.E. Pompey moved to eliminate Julius Caesar by depriving
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