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    Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Classical Latin: [kɔm.mɛnˈtaː.ɾi.iː deː ˈbɛl.loː ˈɡal.lɪ.koː]; English: Commentaries on the Gallic War), also Bellum Gallicum...
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    Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War), or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius...
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    territory. Caesar included accounts of both invasions in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico, which contains the earliest surviving significant eyewitness...
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    to this is Lucius Petrosidius, who is mentioned by Caesar in Commentarii de Bello Gallico, his first hand account of the Gallic Wars. The Latin text says...
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    time by Quintus Cicero. Vorenus and Pullo appear in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44. The episode describes the two as centurions...
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    Gallic Wars (redirect from Bello Gallico)
    Empire. Julius Caesar described the Gallic Wars in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico. It is the primary source for the conflict, but modern historians...
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    challenger today. The event is described by Caesar himself in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico as well as several later ancient authors (namely Plutarch and...
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  • are the Commentaries of Caesar: Commentarii de Bello Gallico on the Gallic Wars and Commentarii de Bello Civili on the civil wars; another example is...
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    garroting. Vercingetorix is primarily known through Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War). He is considered a folk hero...
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    Ambiorix (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    his resistance against Julius Caesar, as written in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. It is generally accepted that Ambiorix is a Gaulish personal...
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    first described by Julius Caesar, in the seventh book of his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic Wars), who employed the device during...
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    Battle of the Sabis (category Military history of Hauts-de-France)
    coming from Caesar's own report on the battle from his book, Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Little is therefore known about the Nervii perspective on the...
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    as first mentioned in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. According to the Commentarii de Bello Gallico, when the Romans under Caesar entered...
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    The oldest detailed description comes from Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico (50s BC). They were described by other Roman writers such as...
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    Battle of the Axona (category Military history of Hauts-de-France)
    Fearing an ambush, the Romans delayed their pursuit. Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico describes this battle at 2.7 - 2.11. During the winter of 58–57...
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    Julius. "Caes. Gal. 7.65". Commentarii de Bello Gallico – via Perseus Digital Library. Caesar, Julius. Commentarii de Bello Civili. 1.17 1.17 Caesar, Julius...
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  • inner counsels of his C.-in-C." Commentarii de Bello Gallico Commentarii de Bello Civili De Bello Alexandrino De Bello Hispaniensi Caesar's civil wars...
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    Numerus Batavorum (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    political or personal connections with Rome or the provinces. From Commentarii de Bello Gallico, it is known that Julius Caesar also had a Germanic bodyguard...
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    significance (Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.14) while also noting that the Helvetii had a written census (Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.29). Rome introduced...
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    condita 5.34-35.3. Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, book 7, ch. 4. Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, book 7, ch. 89. Drinkwater, John...
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  • Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 7.75 Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 7.76 Julius...
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    this period do not appear to have drunk beer. Caesar's book Commentarii de Bello Gallico begins: "All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the...
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    Germanic elements.[citation needed] Julius Caesar, in his book, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, comments: All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which...
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    Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.38-52 Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.42 Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.43 Julius...
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  • fictionalized versions of a pair of Roman soldiers mentioned in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. The fictional Vorenus and Pullo manage to witness and often...
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  • own men and was killed at the battle. According to Caesar's "Commentarii de Bello Gallico", Vercassivellaunus was taken prisoner. It is speculated that...
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  • 14, cited/translated by Richlin, 1993 Fin. 2.94 Epist. 67.4 Commentarii de Bello Gallico, I,1 Meditations, Book 4. "China bans men it sees as not masculine...
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    Ariovistus (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Ariovistus and the events he was part of are known from Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Caesar, as a participant in the events, is a primary source...
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    ('True-Chief-of-Tin') is related. Cassivellaunus appears in Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, having been given command of the combined British forces opposing...
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    written since the ancient times, as shown by Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, also known as Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. In the work,...
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