When Caeser kicked the Swiss all the way back to Switzerland

[netchicken]

In 58BC the Swiss tribes, all 368,000 people decided it would be nicer to live in France. So they all upped sticks and moved enmass, one huge convoy of tribes.

Naturally the French were not impressed by this and asked Caesar to come and deal to them. Caesar had skirmished with the Helvetti and was withdrawing to find a better place to battle. Here is where the story picks up .....

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=4469

[LordTyphus]

In 58BC the Swiss tribes, all 368,000 people decided it would be nicer to live in France. So they all upped sticks and moved enmass, one huge convoy of tribes.

Naturally the French were not impressed by this and asked Caesar to come and deal to them. Caesar had skirmished with the Helvetti and was withdrawing to find a better place to battle. Here is where the story picks up .....

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=4469 (http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=4469)



The French? What the hell are you talking about. The French didn't even exist. The Swiss you are talking about were the Helvetti, a Galllic tribe, related to the Aedui (also Gallic) allied to Caesar.

The original French were the Franks who set their capital in Paris. The Frank and the Gallo-roman merged to form the nucleus of the French culture and the old French appeared due to the fusion of Romance and Frankish. Original French = Catholic, speaking french, Frank-Gaul-Romans.

[Warlord]

^^you got there first.