August in Paris

This Summer the Emperor spent the campaigning season in the wonderful city of Paris.

The Emperor was in his element, taking in the many wonders that the city is so famous for.

[Night time on the Seine River]

Despiste their chilly reputation towards tourists, the Emperor did not find the Parisians to be at all Gauling [forgive the pun].

[The famous Hall of Mirrors, Versailles]

The Emperor would certianly recommend a visit to this stylish cultural city and although Summer periods can get very busy with fellow tourists this did not cause too many problems for the Imperial retinue.   

 

[Under the Arc De Triomphe]

  

This short holiday was most rewarding and the Emperor fully intends to re-visit and see the many sites that he did not have time to see. 



[The iconic Eiffel Tower, dominating the city sky line]

 

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Great, great .... uncle Julius famously spent a few campaigning seasons in Gaul.

 

Whilst making himself almost entirely unpopular, its fair to say that he didn't really have a good word to say about the locals:

 

"The unstable character of the Gauls made [Caesar] anxious - for they are easily induced to form new plans and generally welcome political change - and he thought it better to place no reliance on them. It is a custom of theirs to stop travellers, even against their will, and to question them about what they have heard by chance or by enquiry on this or that subject; and in the towns a crowd will gather round traders and demand to know what country they have come from and what they have learnt there. Such hearsay reports often induce them to make momentous decisions, which they are bound to repent immediately afterwards, since they credulously swallow unconfirmed rumours, and most of their informants invent such answers as they think will please them."

 

[Caesar, Commentaries, IV.5]