History Memes

Dropping some context: Vercingetorix is viewed as heroic in the most romantic way. The war against Rome was lost, but against all hopes he still succeeded in unifying the gallic tribes (that had been up to that point defeated one by one by Cesar). Once united, they were able to put up a meaningful, if doomed, last stand. As their leader, he was then able to divert punishment from his people towards himself, thus avoiding a complete wipe out of the gallic tribes and building a base for a gallo-roman society (while up to that point Rome had mostly culturally erased the previous occupants of their land). That’s what the myth is about.