8.
To these remarks Caesar replied in such terms as he
thought proper; but the conclusion of his speech was, "That he could make no
alliance with them, if they continued in Gaul; that it was not probable
that they who were not able to defend their own territories, should get
possession of those of others, nor were there any lands lying waste in Gaul, which could be given away, especially to so great a number of
men, without doing wrong [to others]; but they might, if they were desirous,
settle in the territories of the Ubii; whose embassadors were then
with him, and were complaining of the aggressions of the Suevi, and
requesting assistance from him; and that he would obtain this request from
them."
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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