De bello gallico: Commentarius primus [- septimus], Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1914 |
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Page ix
... important operations ; for when one finds oneself , say , at Martigny or upon the plateau of Alesia , the chapters in which Caesar describes what happened there become more vivid than even the best maps and plans can make them . I have ...
... important operations ; for when one finds oneself , say , at Martigny or upon the plateau of Alesia , the chapters in which Caesar describes what happened there become more vivid than even the best maps and plans can make them . I have ...
Page xix
... important for history are very few . · In this book it would be useless to give a list of the various readings of the manuscripts , or to explain the reasons that have led me to adopt one reading in prefer- ence to another . I must ask ...
... important for history are very few . · In this book it would be useless to give a list of the various readings of the manuscripts , or to explain the reasons that have led me to adopt one reading in prefer- ence to another . I must ask ...
Page xxi
... importance , as men who have no sense of historical proportion will always do , shrugged their shoulders and exclaimed , ' Such is history . ' Caesar's accuracy has been confirmed , on various points , by modern investigations . Every ...
... importance , as men who have no sense of historical proportion will always do , shrugged their shoulders and exclaimed , ' Such is history . ' Caesar's accuracy has been confirmed , on various points , by modern investigations . Every ...
Page xl
... important town of the Aedui ' , which stood upon Mont Beuvray , a few miles west of Autun . If Cicero had visited it he might perhaps have spoken with less disdain of the urban life of the Gauls . Streets , workshops , ramparts have ...
... important town of the Aedui ' , which stood upon Mont Beuvray , a few miles west of Autun . If Cicero had visited it he might perhaps have spoken with less disdain of the urban life of the Gauls . Streets , workshops , ramparts have ...
Page xliv
... important fact is , explain it as we may , that the tribal rulers of Gaul had not achieved even that first step towards unity which the kings of Wessex achieved when they swallowed up the petty kingdoms of the Heptarchy . Or perhaps it ...
... important fact is , explain it as we may , that the tribal rulers of Gaul had not achieved even that first step towards unity which the kings of Wessex achieved when they swallowed up the petty kingdoms of the Heptarchy . Or perhaps it ...
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Aedui Ambiorix Aquitani Ariovistus army Arverni atque Atrebates Atuatuca Belgae Belgic Boulogne Britain Britons bronze Caesar wrote Caesar's narrative Caesarem camp Carnutes Cassivellaunus castra causa cavalry celeriter Celtae Celtic centurions Cicero circiter Cisalpine Gaul civitates cohort coins Commentaries Condrusi consilium copias Cotta cuius demonstravimus diocese Diviciacus doubtless Dumnorix Eburones eius eorum equitatu equitibus erant erat esset exercitus Gallic Gaul Germans haec harbour Helvetii hibernis hostes hostium hunc imperat Indutiomarus inter ipse iubet Labienus legatos legion legionem legionibus loco locum magna Massilia means Meldi Menapii mentioned Meuse Meusel J. B. miles milia passuum militum mittit naves neque Nervii nihil nostris omnes omni omnibus partem passage perhaps periculo Portus Itius posse probably Province quae quam quibus quod reader rebus reliquis Remi Rhine Rhône Roman Rome Sabinus says Sequani sese ships subjunctive tamen territory translated Treveri tribes Trinovantes troops Wissant words