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C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 4 (search)
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 9 (search)
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 34 (search)
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 36 (search)
Caesar, in five days' march, went from that place to
Gergovia , and after engaging in a slight cavalry skirmish that day,
on viewing the situation of the city, which, being built on a very high
mountain, was very difficult of access, he despaired of taking it by storm, and
determined to take no measures with regard to besieging it before he should
secure a supply of provisions. But Vercingetorix, having pitched
his camp on the mountain near the town, placed the forces of each state
separately and at small intervals around himself, and having occupied all the
hills of that range as far as they commanded a view [of the Roman encampment], he presented a formidable appearance; he ordered
the rulers of the states, whom he had selected as his council of war, to come to
him
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 37 (search)
While these affairs were going on at Gergovia , Convictolanis, the Aeduan, to
whom we have observed the magistracy was adjudged by Caesar, being bribed by the Arverni, holds a conference
with certain young men, the chief of whom were Litavicus and his
brothers, who were born of a most noble family. He shares the bribe with them,
and exhorts them to "remember that they were free and born for empire; that the
state of the Aedui was the only one which retarded the most certain
victory of the Gauls; that the rest were held in
check by its authority; and, if it was brought over, the Romans would not have room to stand on in Gaul; that he had
received some kindness from Caesar, only so far,
however, as gaining a most just cause by his decision; but that he assigned more
weight
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 38 (search)
Litavicus, having received the command of the army, suddenly
convened the soldiers, when he was about thirty miles distant from Gergovia , and, weeping, said, "Soldiers, whither are we going? All
our knights and all our nobles have perished. Eporedirix and
Viridomarus, the principal men of the state, being accused of
treason, have been slain by the Romans without any
permissi t of
the slaughter. The Aedui shout aloud and conjure
Litavicus to provide for their safety. As if, said he, it were
a matter of deliberation, and not of necessity, for us to go to Gergovia and unite ourselves to the Arverni. Or have
we any reasons to doubt that the Romans, after
perpetrating the atrocious crime, are now hastening to slay us? Therefore, if
there be any sp
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 40 (search)
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 41 (search)
Caesar, after sending messengers to the state of the
Aedui, to inform them that they whom he could have put to death
by the right of war were spared through his kindness, and after giving three
hours of the night to his army for his repose, directed his march to Gergovia . Almost in the middle of the journey, a party of horse
that were sent by Fabius stated in how great danger
matters were, they inform him that the camp was attacked by a very powerful
army, while fresh men were frequently relieving the wearied, and exhausting our
soldiers by the incessant toil, since on account of the size of the camp, they
had constantly to remain on the rampart; that many had been wounded by the
immense number of arrows and all kinds of missiles; that the engines were of
great servi
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 42 (search)
While these things are going on at Gergovia , the Aedui, on receiving the first
announcements from Litavicus, leave themselves no time to ascertain
the truth of those statements. Some are stimulated by avarice, others by revenge
and credulity, which is an innate propensity in that race of men to such a
degree that they consider a slight rumor as an ascertained fact. They plunder
the property of the Roman citizens, and either
massacre them or drag them away to slavery. Convictolitanis
increases the evil state of affairs, and goads on the people to fury, that by
the commission of some outrage they may be ashamed to return to propriety. They
entice from the town of Cabillonus, by a promise of safety,
Marcus Aristius, a military tribune, who was on his march to
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War, Book 7, chapter 43 (search)