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Germanic tribes: "Bridge??? UNKNOWN TECHNOLOGY" (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 8 points 4 months ago

Explanation: During Caesar's Gallic Wars, some Germanic tribes thought it would be a good lark to cross the Rhine and do some raiding. Caesar, rather than fording the river or crossing in boats, built a bridge in ten days, crossed 40,000 Roman soldiers over, did some retributive raiding of his own, then crossed the bridge back to Gaul... and burned it so he couldn't be followed.

This was stunning to the Germanic tribes, as they had thought themselves safe on the far side of the Rhine from large-scale intervention - bridges of the kind and scale Caesar and the Romans built were unknown to the Germanic tribes, and they watched this architectural marvel be built in a matter of days - and then be burned once Caesar was done with it. Quite a shock!

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

These were the reasons that had made me decide to cross the Rhine. However, I thought that to cross in boats would be too risky, and would not be fitting for my own prestige and that of Rome.

Caesar built a bridge just for the lulz.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

"You don't understand, I HAVE to dab on the G*rmanics" - Caesar explaining to his tired men why they need to cut down half the shoreline and pull double engineering shifts to build a bridge he's going to burn anyway

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Not only for the lulz, also as a massive show of force both to his enemies and his allies. (The allied Germanic tribe that had asked him for assistance in the first place had offered him boats to cross the Rhine)