4.
Acco, who had been the author of that enterprise, on being informed
of his arrival, orders the people to assemble in the towns; to them, while
attempting this, and before it could be accomplished, news is brought that the
Romans are close at hand: through necessity they
give over their design and send embassadors to Caesar
for the purpose of imploring pardon; they make advances to him through the
Aedui, whose state was from ancient times under the protection
of Rome . Caesar readily grants them pardon,
and receives their excuse, at the request of the Aedui, because he
thought that the summer season was one for an impending war, not for an
investigation. Having imposed one hundred hostages, he delivers these to the
Aedui to be held in charge by them. To the same place the
Carnutes send embassadors and hostages, employing as their
mediators the Remi, under whose protection they were:
they receive the same answers. Caesar concludes the
council and imposes a levy of cavalry on the states.
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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