>19th century France >Suddenly the French start wanking

>>3169840
>Romance(!) culture
*chuckle*

There is no such thing

>>3169840
>why did the French opt for Vercingetorix and not the more obvious Caesar?

because Vercingetorix was French you fucking autist

Because Caesar was as Italian as Napoleon, and they needed a home-grown hero of their own, not an import

>>3169860
reminder that Corsica is French

Romanticism. Caesar wasn't French, Vercingetorix was the ancestor of the french.

>>3169871
In that time period Corsica was as French as Hong Kong was British

>>3169894
Differences between Hong Kong and UK:
-entirely unrelated language group
-a whole different civilization...
-...from which stems a completely unrelatable culture and set of morals
-completely unrelated religion and beliefs
-no prior common History whatsoever.
-at the FAR East of a different continent.

Differences between France and Corsica:
-Corsicans speak a slightly different bastardized form of vulgar Latin.
-local regional cultural differences, no more or less pronounced than in any other French region at the time.

>>3169854
He also lost horribly.

>>3169974
Well, to be fair, so did Caesar and Napoleon

>>3169986
Not outnumbering your enemy 3:1 and losing horribly.

>>3169854
"French" also englobes the guys living in the South of the country. Aka predominantly descendants of Roman, greek and iberian colonists and tribes. Calling Vercingetorix French is like calling some random Lazyge chieftain Czech or something.

>>3169840
It's was the fashion of the time, look at boudicca or other nationalist wank, it's fashion.

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>>3169974
surrendering is a proud french tradition

>>3169840
I, too, just watched the latest Historia Civilis video

>>3170052
His new video about Vercingetorix is good.

>>3170003

But calling them Gaul would be apropiate.

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>>3170052
>tfw complained yesterday that he hadn't released a vid in a good while
>come home from work today
>30 minute video on the gallic wars

>>3170027
Why does everyone in this picture have the same face?

>>3169854
Vercingetorix is a nigger gaul, Asterix

>>3169840
Maybe because Caesar was Roman, invaded us and killed/enslaved our ancestors?

dunno

>>3170027
Obsessed.

bet you're a brit

>>3170367
What if your ancestors are from Provence, what then?

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>>3170367
You say it like its a bad thing. The genocide of the tribes and their integration into a larger state was going to happen either way, and to be [spoiler] frank [spoiler] you have more in common with them and the romans then any celt.

>>3169840
Gauls were far from unwashed barbarians

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>>3170003
>living in the South of the country. Aka predominantly descendants of Roman, greek and iberian

American """""education"""""