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... by the Senones 36 Camillus . Combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul Battle near the Colline Gate Defeat of the Boii by C. Sulpicius 38 39 39 40 Ariovistus called in • Design of the Helvetii to leave xii CONTENTS.
... by the Senones 36 Camillus . Combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul Battle near the Colline Gate Defeat of the Boii by C. Sulpicius 38 39 39 40 Ariovistus called in • Design of the Helvetii to leave xii CONTENTS.
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Julius Caesar St. George Stock. Ariovistus called in • Design of the Helvetii to leave their country Alarm at Rome Caesar's consulship His appointment to the command in Gaul + PAGE 82 83 83 84 84 CHAPTER IV GAUL Boundaries of Gaul ...
Julius Caesar St. George Stock. Ariovistus called in • Design of the Helvetii to leave their country Alarm at Rome Caesar's consulship His appointment to the command in Gaul + PAGE 82 83 83 84 84 CHAPTER IV GAUL Boundaries of Gaul ...
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... Helvetii who attempted to escape after their surrender he had brought back , and , to use his own curt phrase , ' in hostium numero habuit . ' Nothing more is said — for after that there was nothing more to say of them . The rest of the ...
... Helvetii who attempted to escape after their surrender he had brought back , and , to use his own curt phrase , ' in hostium numero habuit . ' Nothing more is said — for after that there was nothing more to say of them . The rest of the ...
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... Helvetii are Slaughter of Cassius described by Posidonius ( Str . vii . 2 , § 2 ) as a rich and peaceful and his tribe . But when they saw that the wealth which the invaders army by the Helvetii . had acquired by plunder was greater ...
... Helvetii are Slaughter of Cassius described by Posidonius ( Str . vii . 2 , § 2 ) as a rich and peaceful and his tribe . But when they saw that the wealth which the invaders army by the Helvetii . had acquired by plunder was greater ...
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... Helvetii in the year 60 , as Ariovistus is made to speak of it as sub- sequent to the war with the Allobroges ( i . 44 , § 9 ) . It was their in the preceding year ( B. c . 61 ) that the Helvetii formed the country . design of leaving ...
... Helvetii in the year 60 , as Ariovistus is made to speak of it as sub- sequent to the war with the Allobroges ( i . 44 , § 9 ) . It was their in the preceding year ( B. c . 61 ) that the Helvetii formed the country . design of leaving ...
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Page 9 - Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
Page 222 - Ejus rei multas afferunt causas : ne assidua consuetudine capti studium belli gerendi agricultura commutent ; ne latos fines parare studeant, potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant ; ne accuratius ad frigora atque aestus vitandos aedificent ; ne qua oriatur pecuniae cupiditas, qua ex re factiones dissensionesque nascuntur ; ut animi aequitate plebem contineant, cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat.
Page 217 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant metu mortis neglecto. Multa praeterea de sideribus atque eorum motu, de mundi ac terrarum magnitudine, de rerum natura, de deorum immortalium vi ac potestate disputant et iuventuti tradunt.
Page 221 - Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 219 - Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant, idque ab Druidibus proditum dicunt. Ob eam causam spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt ; dies natales et mensium et annorum initia sic observant, ut noctem dies subsequatur.
Page 74 - ... perculerunt. Sublatis deinde supra capita scutis continuatisque ita inter se, ut non modo ad caecos ictus sed ne ad inserendum quidem ex propinquo telum loci quicquam esset, testudine facta 7 subibant.
Page 172 - Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu; capilloque sunt promisso atque omni parte corporis rasa praeter caput et labrum superius.