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You are right, the roman government would likely have prevented Julius Caesar from attacking Gaul. But in reality he only needed the permission of his soldiers to attack Gaul. There was nothing they could have done to stop him

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If there had been less infighting there's all kinds of things they could have done, like replace him as governor of cisalpine gaul (effectively cutting off his supply chain and forcing him to retreat). Shame they didn't.