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Re:The Battle That Created Germany by eighthnate on Thursday October 26, 2017 @08:54AM (#15558354)
> And we know all this from Caesar himself:

Caesar is known to exaggerate and make things up to make his story interesting. Caesar is one of the world's great self-promoters and self-propagandists. He knew the power of propaganda and historical legacy. So I'd take what he wrote with a grain of salt.

Re:The Battle That Created Germany by dreen on Thursday October 26, 2017 @10:35AM (#15559146)
Yeah, I am aware his diaries are not a reliable source, however (I should have said) his meeting meeting with Ariovistus is confirmed by other sources, check wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariovistus#Confrontation_with_...