De bello gallico: Commentarius primus [- septimus], Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1914 |
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Page xxi
... 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 one who has seen the places which ...
... 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 one who has seen the places which ...
Page xxviii
... sense , decisive . The Romans were now masters of the lower Rhône ; and if they were ever to penetrate into Further Gaul , their base could be advanced some hundreds of miles . The Arverni , whose power had extended to the Rhine and the ...
... sense , decisive . The Romans were now masters of the lower Rhône ; and if they were ever to penetrate into Further Gaul , their base could be advanced some hundreds of miles . The Arverni , whose power had extended to the Rhine and the ...
Page xxxv
... sense , the Belgae and the Celtae were not separated by a hard and fast line ; for the Celtican tribe of the Carnutes was among the dependants of the Belgic Remi , while on the other hand the Celtican Aedui claimed supremacy over the ...
... sense , the Belgae and the Celtae were not separated by a hard and fast line ; for the Celtican tribe of the Carnutes was among the dependants of the Belgic Remi , while on the other hand the Celtican Aedui claimed supremacy over the ...
Page xliii
... sense , even on the eve of the Norman Conquest . If Harold was formally king over all England , his subjects felt themselves Yorkshiremen or men of Kent rather than Englishmen . Moreover , the circumstances of the Gauls were peculiarly ...
... sense , even on the eve of the Norman Conquest . If Harold was formally king over all England , his subjects felt themselves Yorkshiremen or men of Kent rather than Englishmen . Moreover , the circumstances of the Gauls were peculiarly ...
Page lv
... to conjecture . The greatest statesman is , in a sense , an opportunist . When Caesar should find himself in Gaul , he would know best how to shape his ends . AN EPITOME OF THE PRECEDING COMMENTARIES THIS book cannot be INTRODUCTION lv.
... to conjecture . The greatest statesman is , in a sense , an opportunist . When Caesar should find himself in Gaul , he would know best how to shape his ends . AN EPITOME OF THE PRECEDING COMMENTARIES THIS book cannot be INTRODUCTION lv.
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Aedui Ambiorix Aquitani Ariovistus army Arverni atque Atrebates Atuatuca Belgae Belgic Boulogne Britain Britons bronze Caesar wrote Caesarem camp Carnutes Cassivellaunus castra causa cavalry celeriter Celtae Celtic centurions Cicero circiter Cisalpine Gaul civitates cognoverat cohort coins Commentaries Condrusi consilium copias Cotta cuius demonstravimus diocese Diviciacus doubtless Dumnorix Eburones eius eorum equitatu equitibus erant erat esset exercitum Gallic Gaul Germans haec harbour Helvetii hibernis hostes hostium hunc Illi 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