J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge, M. Grant Daniell, Commentary on Caesar's Gallic War, BOOK FOURTH. — B.C. 55., Chapter 31, chapter 112.25

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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.

BOOK THIRD. — B.C. 56.

BOOK FOURTH. — B.C. 55.

FIRST INVASION of BRITAIN.

BOOK FIFTH.—B.C. 54.

BOOK VI. BOOK SIXTH.—B.C. 53.

BOOK SEVENTH.—B.C. 52.

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[*] 112.25.

aere: the Romans used the word aes both for copper and bronze. These metals were more common than iron in the Roman ships, as they do not rust. They were employed to sheathe the rostrum and to make the spikes that held the timbers together.

Figure 124. Gallic coin. Reverse: Warrior armed with spear and shield, and holding a Gallic trumpet (carnyx). standing in a two-wheeled chariot, drawn by two galloping horses. L[ucius] LIC[inius] CN[aeus] DOM[itius].

Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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