[*] 168.12. Mercurium: the gods had no such names, nor were they, in fact, the same gods; but they were identified with similar Roman divinities as nearly as possible. The name of the god whom the Romans identified with Mercury is lost （Teutates?）; but it appears from inscriptions and images that his worship was very widespread and important throughout the period of the Empire. The other deities here mentioned appear under numerous epithets. Jupiter was probably the Gallic Taranis, whose name appears to indicate that he was a god of thunder. He has been identified by some with a statuette bearing in its hand a long hammer or mallet, like the Scandinavian Thor. （See Esquisse de la Religion des Gaulois, by Henri Gadioz.） [*] 168.20. cum, etc.: see 165 18 and note. [*] 168.21. ceperint: subjv. of informal indir. disc., for the fut. perf. inc. of the direct. [*] 169.2. neglecta religione: i.e. in violation of his vow.—capta, taken as spoil.—apud se, at his house. [*] 169.3. posita, consecrated as a gift.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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