57BC. The tribes of Northern Gaul became polarised in alliances that were either for or against Caesar. This was the result of Caesars defeat of the Germanic King Ariovistas, a year before, and the realisation that the Gallic peoples had helped remove the Germans only to have Romans remain permanently.Out of the German frying pan and into the Roman fire.   The Belgae tribes had quickly allied into a huge force and equally quickly broken up into serarate tribes again and started to head back to