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38 3 DE BELLO GALLICO et IV 15 Iante imperaverat, duplicavit eosque in continentem adduci iussit, quod propinqua die aequinoctii infirmis navibus hiemi navigationem subiciendam non Xistima-3 bat. Ipse idoneam tempestatem nanctus paulo OSt mediam noctem naves solvit quae omnes incolumes ad Continentem pervenerunt; sed e iis onerariae duae Wo fhipeoSdem, quo reliqui, Portu CAPere non Otuerunt et .h i. paulo infra delatae sunt tached by
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trecenti atque castra contenderent. Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacato reliquerat, Pepraedae adducti primo non ita magno Suorum numero Circumsteterunt ac, Si sese interfici nollent, arma Ponere iusserunt. Cum illi orbe facto sese defenderent, celeriter ad clamorem hominum Circiter milia Se conUCnorunt. Qua re nuntiata Caesar omnem e CAStri UitRtum ut resoned
hostium sustinuerunt atque amplius horis quattuor sortisSi me pugnaverunt et paucis Vulneribus acceptis 4 complures e his occiderunt. Postea vero quam equitatus noSter in conspectum venit, hostes abiectis armis terga Verterunt magnu Sque eorum numerUS OS OcciSUS. s. Caesar postero die Titum Labienum legatum cum iis operations
legionibus, qua e Britannia reduxerat, in Morinos, qui
rebellionem fecerant, misit. Qui cum propter siccitates Menapii. paludum, quo Se reciperent, non haberent, QUO Superiore anno perfugio fuerant rusi, omnes fere in poteStatem Labieni pervenerunt. At Qu. Titurius et L. Cotta legati, qui in Menapiorum fines legiones duXerant, omni-bUS eorum agri vastatis, frumentis Succisis, aedificiis
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152 I CAESARIS DE BELL. GALL. LIB. IUincensis, quod Menapii se omnes in densissimas silvas ' inter abdiderant, ad Gaesarem receperunt Caesari in hi bi ' is Belgi Omnium legionum hiberna constituit. Eo duae Belgae omnino civitate e Britannia obsides miserunt, reliquae negleXerunt. Mis rebus gestis e litteris Caesaris dierum viginti supplicatio a Senatu decreta St.
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SUMMARY.TH fifth book contain three Strihin epi sodes- the econdexpedisson gyraritata the assair of Sabinus an Cotta, and thedelance of his cam by Q. Cicero Besides these there are Someminor incident s. During the winter of 3-34 Caesar' soldiers ere busti employed in uildin Ships made accordin to specialinstructions sto himself. There is a curious parallel betweenthe cras designedi Caesar and thos constructed by order of the Emperor Napoleon , hen e contemplate invadin Englandiso the Same pori os Boulogne Napoleon's hips like Caesar'swere fiat-bottomed, o as to strand without realaing, and were maderio go it OarS. Me time Caesar a administratin his ther province of Cisalpine Gaul and lyricum, hold in assiges in both and quellinga incipient attack of the Pirustae pon the lalter On his retum to Further aut he was et please to fin about 6- esset of the patier he had ordere as et a twenty-eight hips of War
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almos ready to e launched. The Portus Itius as appotnte asthe place of meeling, hi te Caesar imself ent is illi laurlegion lighil equippe and 8o hors into the territor of the
Treveri, ho ere Contumaci ou enough noto Come to his Counciis There ere two laimant sor power in that tribe, Indutiomarus an his Son-in-la Cingetorix. The lalter at oncetendere his submission the orme a firSi meditate resistance, but findin himself insumcienti supporte by the obles, madea force Surrender, and was Converte into a moria enem by Caesar' preserenc sor his rival
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Aster his interruption Caesar returne to the enemy, hoWere Ο Congregate in great numbers unde the command of Cassivellaunus, a chie whos territorie la norit of the Thames. The Britons, after the anne o Celis in generat, ere at warWith one another, but the had unite for the moment against the
Adversaries ere noto b despised Their ar-chariot dashedu the narro lane est etween his cohoris an retum e salafrom his perilous expedition efore the bewildere legionaries recovere thei Sel Dpossession I the Briton were repulSed, the too refuge in the woods, here it a deatho sol lowthem. Emboldene by thei succes the made an attach in force ex da upon three legion and the whol hod o cavatrythat ad been sent ut o forage unde the command of Gaius Trebonius. This time, however, thei reception a very different. The insanir supporte the cavato the Briton were drivenin headlong rout an neve asterward attempte a general
Cassivellaunus ad Mund ut that it was his potic t adoptFabia tacti cs. Havin dismisse the main par of his army, heretatne a bod of about 4,oo Charioteers illi hic he hept socioSe a Walch pon Caesar' marchos to reduce hi to the alternative oscios of men or anti provisions. The ni potnt where the Briton attempte direct resistance a at the ThameS. The an was Strongi staked, and stahe were also fixe under
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head of the alter Ont were bove ater carried aliae re them, and the Briton forsook the bank. The interna animosities of the Celis no began to ac to theirown detriment in Britain a in Gaul. The king of the Trinobantes, a powersu tribe in Essex, ad been lain by Cassivellaunus, an his son Mandubracius ad ahen refuge illi Caesar o the Continent. The Trinobantes no ashedo have Mandubracius restore to the an protecte against Cassivellaunus Theygave hostages o Caesar an supplied hi in vitii corn. Other tribes followed thei example, and oon the 'own o CassivellaunuS, whicli as Oni Some arthwork in a place protected by oodsan marShes, was alien by torm. The Britisti genera now sentorder to the ou kings who the rei gne in ent to mahea diversio in his favou by an attach noli nava cana of the Romans. When his a Mile Cassivellaunus a ready to Cometo tering illi Caesar, a matte in hicli e employe the good ossices of CommiuS. Caesar too hostages, impose a tribute nBritain, and threatene Cassivellaunus illi ain and penalties, isti moleste Mandubracius o the Trinobantes. Owing to the osso fhips and the number of captives the arm ha to e brought bach in two relays. The hipS, hen returning empty, ere meth a torm, an ver se of them could malae thei place of destination the est ad to ut bach. Caesar alte for them Dr Some time, but the equi nox as again t and so he cro dedat the res of his me o board the sexu hipsae had, and by good luchiso them acros Sasely. He est Britain about in in the evening an reache lan a daybreah. Refore Caesar test Britat he received the nexus of the deatho his aughter ulla Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 4ὶ an Vent
The river, at hicli the Briton firs offere resistance 9, Q heidenti fies illi the reat Stour near Wye. The silva Stronghold,
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Wood, bout a mile rom V ye o the orth id of the river. From ye e conjectures that Caesar en to Dorkin and thendown thecies bank of the olerio the neares potnt of the Thames. He is incline to accede to the traditio that Caesar Crosse the Thames at the oin known a Cowey or Co a Stakes, a litile above alto an below eybridge, though he hinks that thelamou Stahes themselves, hicli are referre to by the Venerable Bede a havin been plante by Cassivellaunus ECCl. Hist. I. ), mus have been the piles Dan ancient bridge. Nomne nee looksor theS Stahes now, but the place here the once stood is it thedistance of a furton to the wes of the orthem en of alton Bridge.' Lastly the tow of Cassivellaunusae considers orae theancient Verulam o St. Albans. The Emperor Napoleon I, o the ther and who ad Mr Lewin's reasoning efore im, and CaeSar a Deat, repre- Senis the barbarians as rawn uinto oppos him o the height os ingston beyon the Litti Stour, malae Caesar marcho the Thames by Maidstone and westerham, an Cros it perhaps at Sunbury. He inclines to accepi St. Albans a the oppidum os Cassivellaunus This is the sole potnt in hi Ch the two writers agree, an sor his there is no eviden e As regard time the
Mr Lewin calculates that Caesar falle sor Britain o Jul 18; the Emperor malae it the oth. Both agre that he les Britain finalty on September I, ut r. Lewin arrives at hi Conclusionby a calculatio of the lides, while the Emperor ahes it DomCicero ad Att. v. 7, Q), wh says that he had received letters fro his rother Quintus an stom Caesar hen the were in theac o departing rom Britain, and that these letters ere daten the th a besore the Kalend of October Now his is the daywhicli in Le Verrier' tables correspond to September I. Aster his retur sto Britat Caesar' firs care agri holdiutat Amiens Samarobriva the counci of the aut ' hici he had
institute sor his own purposes his nexi a to arrange thewinter-quarters of his amy. The harvest ad been ad win tothe dryneSs of the season, so that he was oblige to scalter his
There are ight an a hal legion mentioned. The following Scheme represent thei distribution among the tribes of northern
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Gaul together illi Napoleon the Third' conjectura assignment of them to modern localities.
Q. Tituri ut Sabinus an L. Aurunculeius Cotta Morini Νervii Esuvii
Remi., Belgae EburoneSSt. Pol. Charieroi. See in Normandy. Lavacheri ei the urthe. Montdidier. Champlieu.
disturbane among the Carnutes, ho assasSinate by publicconsent the descendant of their id ings whom Caesar ad rei mposed pon them, ause an immediate alteration in thesearrangements. The legio unde L. Plancus as Ordere to marchatinc in to the Country of the Carnutes Chari res and ah umits
Caesar meant to leave aut a soon asi heard that his legions were est ablislied in their inter-quarters 24 8 23, ), ut fortunatet for imself he di no do So. eoas apparentlycletaine by a Deling of uneasines sor hiCh there a good Cause We a hardi doubi ut that the in of the aut was gravet affecte by his igh-hande proceedings in the case of Dumnorix, Perhap to by a certain ossis prestige attendant pontiis very doubila success in Britain. But, linteue the Cause, hardi a sorinight had elapse aster thereti rement of the legion into inter- quarteribe re an attach was made pon thecioin Cam o Sabinus an Cotta at Aduatuca. The leader of this movement ere Ambiorix an Catuvolcus, the two lites of the mali tribe of the Eburones, ho ere incited theret by Indutiomarus. Fallin in the attac o the campAmbiorix proposed a conserenCe. Two men ere Sentiu to him, One of whom as a friend of Sabinus. Ambiorix pose a being gratesul to Caesar sor certain benefit an personali friendi to
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Sabinus, but a bein sorce into an attachin the Campin par ofa concerte movement he adde that a large od of Germanshad rosse the Rhine, and would e o the spo in two days in conclusion e promise a Sala-Conducto the Romans, i theywould et leve his countr of inter-quarters by illidra in tothe campis Cicero or Labienus. The word of Ambiorix erereporte to the lieuienant an a Counci of war a Called. Cotta an most of the officers ere in favouri staying here the were an de*in an number of Germans Sabinus a Strongi in favour of withdrawing, an his opinion ultimatel prevalled. Ateaybrea nex morning the set ut rom the Camp ith a longtrain fiaggage, but the hadio gone more than wo milesie re thenset into an ambusti of the enemy. The Roman were obiligedio abando their aggage an sor into a Circle, in hic orderine manam to hol oui untii about two 'cloc in the asternoon. The their osses induce Sabinus to Sue for termS. Ambiorix ordere hi and the officers h a companie him to a downthei arm the didis and were reacherousi murdered. Cotta
die fotin along illi mos of the men. The reSidue retumedint thei Camp, here the held ut it dissiculi tili nightfall, and then le themselves A semescaped rom the fiet an Dund their a to the cam os Labienus, hic was more than stymiles distanti Elated illi victota Ambiorix rode on into the eighbouringterritor of the Aduatuci ordering the oot forces to solio him, and the into that of the Nervii The three tribes illi ali heiruassat fel with furympo the campi Cicero But the energ of the delance was equa to that os the attach. Quintus, though in il health, id not res even a night unti he was orced by hismen to spare imself. The the chies of the Nervii ho ere acquainted wit the lieuienant made the Same representation and offers to his that ad been adeo Sabinus, informin him in additio of the late of that commander. But Cicero' oni replywas that, is the wante terms, the must a down thei armS. Aster his the auis egan to invest the Cam in Roman fashion, as ellis the could without the necessar tools. O the eventhda of the lege the manage to et re to the oldierS huis, whicli ere thalched illi stra aster the anne of the Country, and a the fame time made a desperate assauit upo the ampari.
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ossi in the countr of the Bellovaci, ordering the legion to Stari atmidnight an Come o him. A secon messenger a.deSpatChedio C. Fabius bringin him instructions to marchais legio into the Countr of the Atrebates s a tocioin Caesar o the way. DiS- Cretionar order Were also senio Labienus to come into the territor of the Nervii, ut, ein himself threatene by the Treveri, that Commander thought it advisable notrio stir About the hir liour nexi a Courier arrive announcin the approaCho Crassus. Leavin him in charge of the ead-quarter at Samarobriva, Caesar hastenecli force marches into the territoryo the Nervii, havin with him ne legio an piching up that of Fabius o the way he had also collecte about O CaValry. New of his Comin was conveyexto Cicero b a Gallic horseman, Who urte a Spea into the caminwith a despatch attache to thethong. The Spea Stuc in a tower, and was no notice tit thethir day, hen the joyssi news it contained a Confirme by the molae in the distance hich marhed the devastatin advance of the Roman RTmy. The aut no raised the lege an advance with ad their forces against Caesar. The alter, arned by Cicero of his danger,entrenChed hi inset in a sala position in an ostentatiousty mali Camp. The by the sua Roman tactic o playing on the Selse confidence of the aut heirew them into an attachin his Camp, and by a sudde sali routed them illi great laughter. The Same da Caesar arrive in the campi Cicero an prat Sed hi and the legio sor thei gallant conduci. O the ex hecalle the oldier together and console them for the los of their Comrades unde Sabinus an Cotta by the thought that he hadno avenged it f
Suetonius I. C. 67 mentions for his soldier that onoearin ositos an instance of Caesar' love the disaster o Sabinus he et his