6.
Caesar, being aware of their custom, in order that he
might not encounter a more formidable war, sets forward to the army earlier in
the year than he was accustomed to do. When he had arrived there, he discovered
that those things, which he had suspected would occur, had taken place; that
embassies had been sent to the Germans by some of the
states, and that they had been entreated to leave the Rhine , and had
been promised that all things which they desired should be provided by the Gauls. Allured by this hope, the Germans were then making excursions to greater
distances, and had advanced to the territories of the Eburones and
the Condrusi, who are under the protection of the Treviri . After summoning the chiefs of Gaul, Caesar thought proper to pretend ignorance of the things
which he had discovered; and having conciliated and confirmed their minds, and
ordered some cavalry to be raised, resolved to make war against the Germans.
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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