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Annals by Tacitus
Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
Book III Chapter 42: Revolt of the Gauls. The Treveri[AD 21]
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Florus meanwhile followed up his designs and tried to induce a squadron of cavalry levied among the Treveri trained in our service and discipline, to begin hostilities by a massacre of the Roman traders. He corrupted a few of the men, but the majority were steadfast in their allegiance. A host however of debtors and dependents took up arms, and they were on their way to the forest passes known as the Arduenna, when they were stopped by legions which Visellius and Silius had sent from their respective armies, by opposite routes, to meet them. Julius Indus from the same state, who was at feud with Florus and therefore particularly eager to render us a service, was sent on in advance with a picked force, and dispersed the undisciplined rabble. Florus after eluding the conquerors by hiding himself in one place after another, at last when he saw some soldiers who had barred every possible escape, fell by his own hand. Such was the end of the rebellion of the Treveri.

Event: Revolt of the Gauls of 21 AD