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Civilis dolo grassandum ratus incusavit ultro praefectos quod castella deseruissent: se cum cohorte, cui praeerat, Canninefatem tumultum compressurum, illi sua quisque hiberna repeterent. subesse fraudem consilio et dispersas cohortis facilius opprimi, nec Brinnonem ducem eius
belli, sed Civilem esse patuit, erumpentibus paulatim indiciis,
quae Germani, laeta bello gens, non diu occultaverant. ubi
insidiae parum cessere, ad vim transgressus Canninefatis,
Frisios, Batavos propriis cuneis componit: derecta ex diverso acies haud procul a flumine Rheno et obversis in hostem navibus, quas incensis castellis illuc adpulerant. nec
diu certato Tungrorum cohors signa ad Civilem transtulit,
perculsique milites improvisa proditione a sociis hostibusque
caedebantur. eadem etiam in navibus perfidia: pars remigum
e Batavis tamquam imperitia officia nautarum propugnatorumque impediebant; mox contra tendere et puppis hostili
ripae obicere: ad postremum gubernatores centurionesque,
nisi eadem volentis, trucidant, donec universa quattuor et
viginti navium classis transfugeret aut caperetur.
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