39.
Here Caesar was informed by numerous letters from
Caninius of what had happened to Drapes and
Luterius, and in what conduct the town's people persisted: and
though he despised the smallness of their numbers, yet he thought their
obstinacy deserving a severe punishment, lest Gaul in general
should adopt an idea that she did not want strength but perseverance to oppose
the Romans; and lest the other states, relying on the
advantage of situation, should follow their example and assert their liberty;
especially as he knew that all the Gauls understood
that his command was to continue but one summer longer, and if they could hold
out for that time, that they would have no further danger to apprehend. He
therefore left Quintus Calenus, one of his lieutenants, behind him,
with two legions, and instructions to follow him by regular marches. He hastened
as much as he could with all the cavalry to Caninius.
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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