[*] 74.5. iter per Alpīs: the pass of the Great St. Bernard, which reaches the Rhone valley at Martigny （the ancient Octodurus）, at the great bend of the river. This was the shortest route across the Alps at this period. Hannibal is said to have crossed by the Little St. Bernard, pass by Mont Genèvre was also in use. — magno cum periculo, but only with great danger, referring probably rather to the savage tribes than to the dangers of the way.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
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BOOK THIRD. — B.C. 56.
BOOK FOURTH. — B.C. 55.
BOOK FIFTH.—B.C. 54.
BOOK VI. BOOK SIXTH.—B.C. 53.
BOOK SEVENTH.—B.C. 52.
Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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