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... tribes Kings in Gaul Factions Classes Druids Religion Belief in immortality . Metempsychosis Care of the dead Ritual Augury · The Celtic Pantheon . The Celtic Hercules . The Gallizenae . • Human sacrifices CHAPTER V BRITAIN Britain ...
... tribes Kings in Gaul Factions Classes Druids Religion Belief in immortality . Metempsychosis Care of the dead Ritual Augury · The Celtic Pantheon . The Celtic Hercules . The Gallizenae . • Human sacrifices CHAPTER V BRITAIN Britain ...
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... 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 over forty when he went to ...
... 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 over forty when he went to ...
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... tribes , places ? ' He went on to assure the Conscript Fathers that the ardent feelings of patriotism , with which they all knew him to be inspired , made it impossible for him not to be a friend to any one who deserved well of the ...
... tribes , places ? ' He went on to assure the Conscript Fathers that the ardent feelings of patriotism , with which they all knew him to be inspired , made it impossible for him not to be a friend to any one who deserved well of the ...
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... tribes , engaged at different times with three millions of men , of whom he slew one million , and took captive another . Appian ( iv . 2 ) raises the number of men against whom he fought to over four millions , and the number of tribes ...
... tribes , engaged at different times with three millions of men , of whom he slew one million , and took captive another . Appian ( iv . 2 ) raises the number of men against whom he fought to over four millions , and the number of tribes ...
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... tribes , which it was enough for them to keep at bay ; Germany was a land of giants and of vast forests , whereof no man knew the end ; as to Britain , its very existence was denied by some writers ( Plut . Caes . 23 ) , and , if it ...
... tribes , which it was enough for them to keep at bay ; Germany was a land of giants and of vast forests , whereof no man knew the end ; as to Britain , its very existence was denied by some writers ( Plut . Caes . 23 ) , and , if it ...
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Aedui Allobroges Ariovistus army Arverni atque Belgae bello bellum Boii Britain Caes Caesar Caesarem called camp Cassius castris causa cavalry celeriter centurion Cicero Cimbri circiter Cisalpine Gaul civitates cohort command consul copias copiis Crassus Dio Cassius Diodorus eius enemy eorum equitatu erant erat esset etiam exercitus flumen Galliae Germans Greek haec hastati Helvetii hostes hostibus hostium inter ipse ipsi island iubet Labienus legati legions Ligurians Livy locis loco locum maniple Marius Mela milia militum neque Nervii nostris numero obsides omnes omni omnibus omnium oppidum partem passuum pilum Pliny Plut Polybius populi Romani posse possent proelio propter Pytheas quae quam quibus quid quod rebus reliquis Rhenum Rhine Rhône Romans Rome Sabinus says Sequani sese sibi soldiers Strabo Suebi sunt suos Tacitus tamen Treveri triarii tribes Vegetius Vercingetorix viii καὶ
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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.