Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "De Bello Gallico - 5.44-Titus Pullo \u0026 Lucius Vorenus" video.

  1. "there was absolutely no reason for him go conquer whole gaul. " Yes, but,when he was at it, why not? It's not like, when the Gauls expanded their territories at the expense of the Etruscans, some century before, they asked for permission.
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  2. It's a small-scale relief attack. Mind that, while the two did that, the Romans, in that very same sector, were in a very dire situation. The fortification they built around Alesia was hard pressured by the Gauls arrived to to aid Vercingetorix, and on the verge of collapse. The rationale of such a move, apart the personal feud, was that, if the soldier is in front of the fortification, for the time he is there, the fortification is not under pressure, and those moments of relative quiet are very important for the defenders. It gives them the time to think, help the wounded ones, better dispose themselves, replenish the stock of projectiles, chek the fortifications and the armors, and be ready for when the enemies will renew the assault, AND is a morale boost for the common legionary to see that, in any case, a Roman soldier could stand in front of many enemies and kill them without retaliation. Assuming the story was real, probably Pullo saw that his men were scared, tired, and increasingly simply mechanically reacting to the attacks instead of acting to anticipate them, and so they needed that boost, while the Gauls needed to know that it would have not been easy.
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