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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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). To this day, he is considered...
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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 BCE). They were described by other Roman writers such as...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • involuntary circumstances. Early literature such as Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico or Xenophon's Anabasis, both ostensibly non-fictional accounts...
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    into the post Roman and from there into later periods. Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico describes the Veneti in southern Armorica – a powerful sea-faring...
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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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  • 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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    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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    ('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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  • 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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    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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    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, 23.2 Caesar, Julius, Commentarii de Bello Gallico (in Latin), IV 20–36  Caesar, Julius, Commentarii de Bello Gallico (in Latin), V 8–23  Dio, Cassius...
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