The Romans would have waited a few years and then sent another army. Other armies sent to Gaul before Caesar were slaughtered in their entirety before, it just made Rome wait a bit.
Roman armies had tried to invade gaul before. There's an invasion during the 2nd punic wars that ends badly, I can't find the link, and there's also this: Battle of Arausio - Wikipedia Rome had designs on Gaul for centuries, Caesar was special because he succeeded where others had failed.
The Romans would have waited a few years and then sent another army. Other armies sent to Gaul before Caesar were slaughtered in their entirety before, it just made Rome wait a bit.
Wouldn't the gallic wars be stopped right there, as this war was Cesar idea, not that of the Senate ?
Roman armies had tried to invade gaul before. There's an invasion during the 2nd punic wars that ends badly, I can't find the link, and there's also this: Battle of Arausio - Wikipedia Rome had designs on Gaul for centuries, Caesar was special because he succeeded where others had failed.