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Notes Display Latin text | Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Book VI Chapter 42: Revolt of the Gauls. Return of Caesar.[53 BC] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
return, being well aware of the casualties of war, complained of one thing [only], namely, that the cohorts had been sent away from the outposts and garrison [duty], and pointed out that room ought not to have been left for even the most trivial casualty; that fortune had exercised great influence in the sudden arrival of their enemy; much greater, in that she had turned the barbarians away from the very rampart and gates of the camp. Of all which events, it seemed the most surprising, that the Germans, who had crossed the Rhine with this object, that they might plunder the territories of Ambiorix, being led to the camp of the Romans, rendered Ambiorix a most acceptable service. Note 1: he = Julius Caesar |