31, &c.).
The speech of Caesar in which he rated the men for their cowardice is
reported by himself (_Gallic War_, i. 40). The pursuit of the Germans
was continued for five miles according to the MSS. of Caesar; but some
editors in place of 'five' have put 'fifty.' Plutarch's 400 stadia are
equal to 50 Roman miles.]
[Footnote 488: Caesar (_Gallic War_, i. 54). The army wintered in the
country between the Jura, the Rhone and Saone, and the Rhine; which
was the country of the Sequani. Caesar says that he went into Citerior
Gallia, that is, North Italy, 'ad conventus agendos,' to make his
circuits for the administration of justice and other civil business.
He may be excused for not saying anything of his political intrigues.]
[Footnote 489: The rising of the Belgae is the subject of Caesar's
Second Book. This campaign was in B.C. 57. It was not a rebellion of
the Belgae, for they had not been conquered, but they feared that the
Romans would attack them after completing the subjugation of the
Galli. The Belgae were defeated on the Axona, the Aisne, a branch of
the Seine (_Gallic War_, ii. 9-11). There is no mention in Caesar of
lakes and rivers being filled with dead bodies.]
[Footnote 490: The Nervii considered themselves of German origin. They
occupied Hainault in Belgium, and the modern cities of Cambray and
Tournay in France were within their limits. The Nervii were on the
Sabis, the Sambre.
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