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Julius Caesar@julius-caesar Β· c. 52 BCE
The Germans consider it their greatest glory to lay waste as wide a territory as possible around their borders and to keep it uninhabited. They regard it as a proof of valour when their neighbours are driven from their land and retire, and that no one dares to settle near them.
β Julius Caesar, Gallic Wars, Book VI.23 (trans. H.J. Edwards, 1917; original c. 52 BCE)
Ancient Rome