5.
Having quickly collected an army by their punishments, he sends
Lucterius, one of the Cadurci, a man the utmost
daring, with part of his forces, into the territory of the Ruteni;
and marches in person into the country of the Bituriges. On his
arrival, the Bituriges send embassadors to the Aedui,
under whose protection they were, to solicit aid in order that they might more
easily resist the forces of the enemy. The Aedui, by the advice of
the lieutenants whom Caesar had left with the army,
send supplies of horse and foot to succor the Bituriges. When they
came to the river Loire , which separates the
Bituriges from the Aedui, they delayed a few days
there, and, not daring to pass the river, return home, and send back word to the
lieutenants that they had returned through fear of the treachery of the
Bituriges, who, they ascertained, had formed this design, that
if the Aedui should cross the river, the Bituriges on
the one side, and the Arverni on the other, should surround them.
Whether they did this for the reason which they alleged to the lieutenants, or
influenced by treachery, we think that we ought not to state as certain, because
we have no proof. On their departure, the Bituriges immediately
unite themselves to the Arverni.
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