De Bello Gallico, Books 1-7Clarendon Press, 1898 - Gaul |
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... arise again with the same combination of intellectual ability and command of material resources . The Emperor and his coadjutors have carried their researches in this t department up to the limits of human possibility - and.
... arise again with the same combination of intellectual ability and command of material resources . The Emperor and his coadjutors have carried their researches in this t department up to the limits of human possibility - and.
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... command in Gaul + PAGE 82 83 83 84 84 CHAPTER IV GAUL Boundaries of Gaul Watershed of the country . River - basins River - communication Climate . • Agricultural products Minerals . Name of the inhabitants 85 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 ...
... command in Gaul + PAGE 82 83 83 84 84 CHAPTER IV GAUL Boundaries of Gaul Watershed of the country . River - basins River - communication Climate . • Agricultural products Minerals . Name of the inhabitants 85 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 ...
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... command against the robber tribes in his province , and acquitted himself with sufficient credit to be saluted by his soldiers as Imperator , so that we have letters extant from Caesar Imperator to Cicero Imperator . Caesar himself was ...
... command against the robber tribes in his province , and acquitted himself with sufficient credit to be saluted by his soldiers as Imperator , so that we have letters extant from Caesar Imperator to Cicero Imperator . Caesar himself was ...
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... command of a Roman legion . Scipio , wishing to strengthen his position , drew his forces up a hill , but found the summit in possession of the foe , and was cut to pieces with all his men . The news of the disaster was brought to the ...
... command of a Roman legion . Scipio , wishing to strengthen his position , drew his forces up a hill , but found the summit in possession of the foe , and was cut to pieces with all his men . The news of the disaster was brought to the ...
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... who reached Tannetum without misadventure . Shortly afterwards the two praetors were superseded in their command by the consul , P. Cornelius Scipio , who arrived at Placentia just in time to prevent the Gauls in the 48 CAESAR'S GALLIC WAR.
... who reached Tannetum without misadventure . Shortly afterwards the two praetors were superseded in their command by the consul , P. Cornelius Scipio , who arrived at Placentia just in time to prevent the Gauls in the 48 CAESAR'S GALLIC WAR.
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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.