]
[Footnote 505: So Plutarch writes it. It is AEdui in Caesar's text, or
Haedui. The AEdui, one of the most powerful of the Gallic tribes, were
situated between the Upper Loire and the Saone, and possessed the
chief part of Burgundy. The Saone separated them from the Sequani on
the east.]
[Footnote 506: The Lingones were on the Vosges, which contain the
sources of the Marne and the Moselle. The Saone separated them from
the Sequani on the south-east. The account of this campaign is
unintelligible in Plutarch. It is contained in Caesar's Seventh Book.]
[Footnote 507: A small matter in itself; but if true, a trait in
Caesar's character. Schaefer has the following note: "Aliter facturus
erat Cyrneus, omnino inferior ille Romano." The Corsican is Napoleon.
Caesar was the magnanimous man, whom Aristotle describes (_Eth. Nicom._
iv. 7); Napoleon was not.]
[Footnote 508: Alise, or rather the summit of Mont Auxois, west of
Dijon in Burgundy, represents the Alesia of Caesar. A stream flowed
along each of two sides of the city. Alesia belonged to the Mandubii,
who were dependants of the AEdui. The siege and capture of Alesia, B.C.
52, are told by Caesar (_Gallic War_, vii. 68, &c.)
The assembling of the Gallic nations was a last great effort to throw
off the yoke.
Dion Cassius (40. c. 41) says Vercingetorix was put in chains. Seven
years after he appeared in Caesar's triumph, after which he was put to
death.
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