[Cicero]

But the Gauls always beat the Romans in the Asterix comics.

[Cato the Censor]

Your history is flawed---Here's just a few examples from 49 B.C. and about 750 A.D. or so:
Ariovistus, the valiant Gallic leader ,made Julius Caesar look like Sid Caesar for four years. Charlemagne, king of the Franks, met and defeated the Muslim Saracen hordes on Spanish soil and saved all of Europe for Christianity.