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CONQUEROR of the WORLD

HE invasion feet mass-

threateningly off

Dover. There were some 90 troop transports and warships carrying 10,000 soldiers. They had sailed from Boulogne at midnight. Now it was nine in the morning and H-Hour was approaching.

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From the high prow of of the warships the Comman- der-in-Chief, a prematurely bald man in his forties, studied the white cliffs with keen eyes. His name was Julius Caesar. The year was 55 B.C.

Caesar was already account ed one of the Roman Empire's most brilliant generals. He .was governor of Gaul which consisted of Belgium, most of France and Switzerland, and

parts of Holland and Germany: It was during his conquest of Gaul that he had become aware of this unknown land bounded by the white cliffs.

But although Caesar had questioned traders from all parts he had, been imable find out anything about Britain,

to

A special investigation

on some of the

SUPER MEN

of the past

by Henry Lewis

leaves of woad, they made dyed blue with the

frightening sight.

a

The Britons made a surprise attack

Shah all.come from the nama

Caesar.

pulped Caesar called for hostages, the with sharp pointed stakes. But The tides Kaiser, Czar and

a hostages were handed over and they did not stop the Romans.

the chieftains paid homage to Caesar frowned. If he tried Caesar. to land at this point the natives could rain javelins on to his During the next men from the cliff might be

tops. It Caesar inspected the

Then a death trap. He countryside. waited while his fleet as- broke which battered his sembled, then sailed along the and caused them to lose ccast until, at Deal, He found anchors. Caesar had to an open, sloping beach. Here his men to repairs. he ordered his ships to run The chieftains met aground on the soft sand. and decided this

chance to push the

the strength of its tribes and Giant crossbows back into the sea.

their customs.

The Britons had

the

Was

Men of the Seventh

followed British

row was

struck. Chariots

put

a

with

had

Won Rome's V.C.

Soon the tribes were surren- dering. First the Trimovantes What were the qualities that four days from Essex, then the others. made Caesar great? He LALLE Kent Caesar marched on to St great as a soldier." He com- storm Albans, taking hostages and paigned all over Europe and ships fixing the tribes' tributes to be from Spain to Asia Minor.-In: their paid to Rome.

ten years be took 800 towns and defeated three million men. Then he sailed back to Rome He built a bridge over the Rhine secretly himself. He had achieved his in a week and a fleet to carry

discovered their purpose. He

his army in a month: He was a Romans Britain and oddly enough most superb tactician, able to half win

of what we know about our his battles before they began...... Legion own country in that time comes So he had sent · Caius Volu-

were gathering com when the from his war memoirs. senus, one of his tribunes, to

and Britain was to have 400 years them but make a four-day reconnaissance along the coast in their chariots. Cavalry surrounded

locked

of Roman government, during their along the coast. And now They stood with javelins at the the legionaries

to hold them

which time the Romans gave He was great as a leader. Caesar was surveying the coast ready. Understandably Caesar's shields together

us roads like Watling Street, His men folowed him blindly. himself.

men were not keen to leave off.

which ran from On the beach Caesar saw

Dover to As Commander-in-Chief bé ate On the cliff tops he could see their ships to be caught wading

Dear Wroxeter, the native forces waiting. Long from

Shrewsbury, the same food as they did and Caesar cloud of dust and guessed what laws and civilisation. sea. But haired and with

slept on the floor of his chariot. their bodies ordered his warships to

happening. Taking

At the age of 21-bə won -the round to the right

flank and him, all the men who were Caesar went on to campaign Roman equivalent of the Vic- put down covering fire from ready and leaving orders for in Italy and Egypt, conquering toria Cross for saving a soldier's their artillery-giant crossbows the rest to follow, he led a most of the known world, and B. In Gaul he rode firing stones and javelins.

rescue party. Bareheaded as wound up as dictator of Rome. Borse that no one else dared Beneath the barrage the Bri- always in action, so that his His end is well-known. Like most. Often he would ride a tons took cover, and at Caesar's men could see his face, he put all great men he made enemies. horse at full gallop with his signal the officer carrying the.

British to flight Once Some were jealous, bitterly hands locked behind his head. the eagle standard of 10th again the chieftains treated for envious men like Cassius. Some He was

always the

and Legion leapt into

water peace

this time Caesar, were good men, like Brutus,

courageous in battle. shouting: "Jump down, com- took twice as many hostages. who thought Caesar had *on

But his army had travelled too much power and was in He was great as a ruler. And the legionaries in their light. They had brought no danger of becoming a tyrant. He carried out many reforms helmets, woollen tunics and tents or baggage, the weather

Caesar refused to take pre-calendar and passed a law pro- Including the revision of the leather coats, clutching their was worsening and he was wooden shields and two-edged worried for his ships, so he cautions. Friends tried to warn swords and six-foot throwing sailed back to Gaul with his him of the plot against him. Viding lands for 20,000 poor

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rebellion there and hold

at home. But he

bad prepared the way for the great Club is

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Within minutes all was con- assize.

lived dangerously and fearlessly empire of his nephew Augustus. within that age group. fusion as the British rallied. But next July he was back. all his life.

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British be rowed unopposed. The

had tors waited with their daggers in which he lived. And they point on the retired inland. Caesar arch- beneath their togas.

ere written in a magnifićmily

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beach where the invasion had ed after them. They had fallen They stabbed Caesar to death clear and straightforward style. of anything that is

been temporarily halted.

back to the Thames where rival with 23 thrusts.

How many of today's generals' publishable articles, And soon the beach was tribes had united under a chief : But the name went on. war books will be read by so letters, stories, photo- gained and emissaries the named Cassivellaunus. They Caesar was to be the title of the many people 2,000 years from

were seeking graphs, drawings, verses. tribes

peace, had lined

banks first twelve Roman

emperors. now?

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