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246.8. Vercingetorix deditur: the fate reserved for this gallant and ill-fated chieftain was to be kept for six years in chains, and then, after being led in Caesar's triumphal procession, to be put to death. Plutarch in his "Life of Caesar" describes the surrender as follows: "Vercingetorix, who was the chief author of all the war, putting on his best armor, and adorning his horse,.came out of the gate, and rode round Caesar as he sat, then dismounted from his 'horse, threw off his armor, and remained sitting quietly at Caesar's feet until he was led away to be reserved for the triumph."


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