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Notes | Caesar Chapter 12: Caesar in Spain[62 BC] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
As soon as he came into Spain he [Note 1 was very active, and in a few days had got together ten new cohorts of foot in addition to the twenty which were there before. With these he marched against the Callaici and Lusitani and conquered them, and advancing as far as the ocean, subdued the tribes which never before had been subject to the Romans. Having managed his military affairs with good success, he was equally happy in the course of his civil government. He took pains to establish a good understanding amongst the several states, and no less care to heal the differences between debtors and creditors. He ordered that the creditor should receive two parts of the debtor's yearly income, and that the other part should be managed by the debtor himself, till by this method the whole debt was at last discharged. This conduct made him leave his province with a fair reputation; being rich himself, and having enriched his soldiers, and having received from them the honorable name of Imperator. Note 1: he = Julius Caesar Event: Caesar in Spain |