But Kaltwasser is
mistaken.]
[Footnote 484: See the Life of Pompeius, c. 10.
In the time of Gellius (xvii. 9) there was extant a collection of
Caesar's letters to C. Oppius and Cornelius Balbus, written in a kind
of cipher. (See Suetonius, _Caesar_, 56.) Two letters of Caesar to
Oppius and Balbus are extant in the collection of Cicero's letters
(_Ad Atticum_, ix. 8, 16), both expressed with admirable brevity and
clearness. One of them also shows his good sense and his humanity.]
[Footnote 485: The story is also told by Suetonius (_Caesar_, 54).
Instead of using plain oil, Leo thought he should please his guests by
mixing it with a fragrant oil (conditum oleum pro viridi). He was an
ill-bred fellow for his pains; but a well-bred man would affect not to
notice his blunder.]
[Footnote 486: This campaign belongs to B.C. 58. The Helvetii occupied
the country between the Rhine, the Jura, the Rhone, and the Rhaetian
Alps. The history of the campaign is given by Caesar (_Gallic War_, i.
2-29; Dion Cassius, 38, c. 31). The Arar is the Saone, which joins the
Rhone at Lyons.]
[Footnote 487: This German chief had been acknowledged as king and
ally (rex et amicus) during Caesar's consulship, B.C. 59. What
territory the Romans considered as belonging to his kingdom does not
appear. The campaign with Ariovistus and the circumstances which
preceded it are told by Caesar (_Gallic War_, i.
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