49.
Caesar, while in winter quarters in the country of the
Belgae, made it his only business to keep the states in amity
with him, and to give none either hopes of, or pretext for a revolt. For nothing
was further from his wishes than to be under the necessity of engaging in
another war at his departure; lest, when he was drawing his army out of the
country, any war should be left unfinished, which the Gauls would cheerfully undertake, when there was no immediate
danger. Therefore, by treating the states with respect, making rich presents to
the leading men, imposing no new burdens, and making the terms of their
subjection lighter, he easily kept Gaul (already exhausted by so
many unsuccessful battles) in obedience.
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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