Quote of the Day

[timelets]

When they thought that they were at length prepared for this undertaking, they set fire to all their towns, in number about twelve - to their villages about four hundred - and to the private dwellings that remained; they burn up all the corn, except what they intend to carry with them; that after destroying the hope of a return home, they might be the more ready for undergoing all dangers.

-- The Gallic Wars, by Julius Caesar. 1.5.
http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.1.1.html

Sounds very similar to the Exodus.

upd: another great quote -

for the immortal gods are wont to allow those persons whom they wish to punish for their guilt sometimes a greater prosperity and longer impunity, in order that they may suffer the more severely from a reverse of circumstances.

-- ibid 1.14.

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

Corn?!

[timelets]

At the time, all grains were called corn.