"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries

Europe. It rises in the province of Resan, in Russia, and flowing through Crim-Tartary, runs into the Maeotic Lake, near a city of the same name, now in ruins T[=a]rb[=e]lli, a people of ancient Gaul, near the Pyrenees, inhabiting about _Ays_ and _Bayonne_, in the country of _Labourd_; they surrender to Crassus, G. iii. 27 Tarcundarius Castor, assists Pompey with three hundred cavalry, C. iii. 4 Tarr[)a]c[=i]na, an ancient city of Italy, which still retains the same name T[=a]rr[)a]co, _Tarragona_, a city of Spain, which in ancient time gave name to that part of it called Hispania Tarraconensis; by some said to be built by the Scipios, though others say before the Roman conquest, and that they only enlarged it. It stands on the mouth of the river Tulcis, now _el Fracoli_, with a small haven on the Mediterranean; its inhabitants desert to Caesar, C. i. 21, 60 Tar[=u]s[=a]tes, an ancient people of Gaul, uncertain; according to some, _le Teursan_; they surrender to the Romans, G. iii. 13, 23, 27 Tasg[=e]t[)i]us, chief of the Carnutes, slain by his countrymen, G. v. 25 Taur[=o]is, a fortress of the inhabitants of Massilia Taurus, an island in the Adriatic Sea, unknown Taurus Mons, the largest mountain in all Asia, extending from the Indian to the Aegean Seas, called by different names in different countries, viz., Imaus, Caucasus, Caspius, Cerausius, and in Scripture, Ar[)a]rat. Herbert says it is fifty English miles over, and 1500 long Taximagulus, one of the four kings or princes that reigned over Kent, G. v. 22 Tect[)o]s[)a]ges, a branch of the Volcae, G. vi. 24 Tegea, a city of Africa, unknown Tenchth[)e]ri, a people of ancient Germany, bordering on the Rhine, near _Overyssel_; they and the Usip[)e]tes arrive at the banks of the Rhine, iv. 4; cross that river by a stratagem, _ibid_.; are defeated with great slaughter, _ibid_. 15 Tergeste, a Roman colony, its inhabitants in the north of Italy cut off by an incursion, G. viii. 24 Terni, an ancient Roman colony, on the river Nare, twelve miles from Spol[=e]tum Teutomatus, king of the Nitobriges, G. vii. 31 Teut[)o]nes, or Teutoni, an ancient people bordering on the Cimbri, the common ancient name for all the Germans, whence they yet call themselves _Teutsche_, and their country _Teutschland_; they are repelled from the territories of the Belgae, G. ii. 4 Thebae, Thebes, a city of Boeotia, in Greece, said to have been built by Cadmus, destroyed by Alexander the Great, but rebuilt, and now known by the name of _Stives_; occupied by Kalenus, C. iii. 55 Therm[)o]pylae, a famous pass on the great mountain Oeta, leading into Phocis, in Achaia, now called _Bocca di Lupa_ Thessaly, a country of Greece, formerly a great part of Macedonia, now called _Janna_; in conjunction with Aetolia, sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. iii. 34; reduced by Caesar, _ibid_. 81 Thessalon[=i]ca, a chief city of Macedonia, now called _Salonichi_ Thracia, a large country of Europe, eastward from Macedonia, commonly called _Romania_, bounded by the Euxine and Aegean Seas Th[=u]r[=i]i, or T[=u]r[=i]i, an ancient people of Italy, _Torre Brodogneto_ Tigur[=i]nus Pagus, one of the four districts into which the Helvetii were divided according to Caesar, the ancient inhabitants of the canton of _Zurich_ in Switzerland, cut to pieces by Caesar, G. i. 12 Titus Ampius attempts sacrilege, but is prevented, C. iii. 105 Tol[=o]sa, _Thoulouse_, a city of Aquitaine, of great antiquity, the capital of Languedoc, on the Garonne Toxandri, an ancient people of the Low Countries, about _Breda_, and _Gertruydenburgh_; but according to some, of the diocese of _Liege_ Tralles, an ancient city of Lydia in, Asia Minor, _Chara_, C. iii. 105 Trebonius, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 36; torn down from the tribunal, C. iii. 21; shows remarkable industry in repairing the works, C. ii. 14; and humanity, C. iii. 20 Trev[)i]ri, the people of _Treves_, or _Triers_, a very ancient city of Lower Germany, on the Moselle, said to have been built by Trebetas, the brother of Ninus. It was made a Roman colony in the time of Augustus, and became afterwards the most famous city of Gallia Belgica. It was for some time the seat of the western empire, but it is now only the seat of the ecclesiastical elector named from it, G. i. 37; surpass the rest of the Gauls in cavalry, G. ii. 24; solicit the Germans to assist them against the Romans, G. v. 2, 55; their bravery, G. viii. 25; their defeat, G. vi. 8, vii. 63 Tr[)i]b[)o]ci, or Tr[)i]b[)o]ces, a people of ancient Germany, inhabiting the country of _Alsace_, G. i. 51 Tribunes of the soldiers and centurions desert to Caesar, C. i. 5 Tribunes (of the people) flee to Caesar, C. i. 5 Trin[)o]bantes, a people of ancient Britain, inhabitants of the counties of _Middlesex_ and _Hertfordshire_, G. v. 20 Troja, _Troy_, a city of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, near Mount _Ida_, destroyed by the Greeks, after a ten years' siege Tubero is prevented by Attius Varus from landing on the African coast, G. i. 31 Tulingi, an ancient people of Germany, who inhabited about where now _Stulingen_ in Switzerland is; border on the Helvetii, G. i. 5 Tungri, an ancient people inhabiting about where Tongres, in Liege, now is Tur[=o]nes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about _Tours_ Tusc[)i], or Hetrusci, the inhabitants of _Tuscany_, a very large and considerable region of Italy, anciently called Tyrrh[=e]nia, and Etruria Ubii, an ancient people of Lower Germany, who inhabited about where _Cologne_ and the duchy of _Juliers_ now are. They seek protection from the Romans against the Suevi, G. iv. 3; tributary to the Suevi, _ibid_.; declare in favour of Caesar, G. iv. 9, 14 Ulcilles Hirrus, one of Pompey's officers, C. i. 15 Ulla, or Ulia, a town in Hispania Baetica, in regard to whose situation geographers are not agreed; some making it _Monte Major_, others _Vaena_, others _Vilia_ Umbria, a large country of Italy, on both sides of the Apennines Unelli, an ancient people of Gaul, uncertain, G. ii. 34 Urbigenus, one of the cantons of the Helvetii, G. i. 27 Usip[)e]tes, an ancient people of Germany, who frequently changed their habitation Usita, a town unknown Uxellod[=u]num, a town in Gaul, whose situation is not known; according to some, _Ussoldun_ besieged and stormed, G. viii. 32 Vah[)a]lis, the _Waal_, the middle branch of the Rhine, which, passing by Nim[)e]guen, falls into the Meuse, above Gorcum, G. iv. 10 Valerius Flaccus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 30; his death, C. iii. 5 3 Val[=e]t[)i][)a]cus, the brother of Cotus, G. vii. 32 Vangi[)o]nes, an ancient people of Germany, about the city of _Worms_, G. i. 51 V[=a]r[=e]nus, a centurion, his bravery, G. v. 44 Varro, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38; his feelings towards Caesar, C. ii. 17; his cohorts driven out by the inhabitants of Carmona, C. ii. 19; his surrender, C. ii. 20 V[=a]rus, the _Var_, a river of Italy, that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, C. i. 87 Varus, one of Pompey's lieutenants, is afraid to oppose Juba. C. ii. 44; his flight, C. ii. 34 Vatinius, one of Caesar's followers, C. iii. 100 V[)e]launi, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about _Velai_ Vellaunod[=u]num, a town in Gaul, about which geographers are much divided; some making it _Auxerre_, others _Chasteau Landon_, others _Villeneuve_ in Lorraine, others _Veron_. It surrenders, G. vii. 11 Velocasses, an ancient people of Normandy, about _Rouen_, G. ii. 4 V[)e]n[)e]ti, this name was anciently given as well to the _Venetians_ as to the people of _Vannes_, in Bretagne, in Gaul, for which last it stands in Caesar. They were powerful by sea, G. iii. 1; their senate is put to death by Caesar, G. iii. 16; they are completely defeated, _ibid_. 15; and surrender, _ibid_. 16 Veragri, a people of Gallia Lugdunensls, whose chief town was Aguanum, now _St. Maurice_, G. iii. 1 Verb[)i]g[)e]nus, or Urb[)i]g[)e]nus Pagus, a nation or canton of the Helvetians, inhabiting the country in the neighbourhood of _Orbe_ Vercelli Campi, the _Plains of Vercellae_, famous for a victory the Romans obtained there over the Cimbri. The city of that name is in Piedmont on the river Sesia, on the borders of the duchy of Milan Vercingetorix, the son of Celtillus, receives the title of king from his followers, G. vii. 4; his plans, G. vii. 8; is accused of treachery, G. vii. 20; his acts, G. vii. 8; surrenders to Caesar, G. vii. 82 Vergasillaunus, the Arvernian, one of the Gallic leaders, G. vii. 76; taken prisoner, G. vii. 88 Vergobr[)e]tus, the name given to the chief magistrate among the Aedui, G. i. 16 V[)e]r[)u]doct[)i]us, one of the Helvetian embassy who request permission from Caesar to pass through the province, G. i. 7 Veromand[)u]i, a people of Gallia Belgica, whose country, now a part of Picardy, is still called _Vermandois_ Ver[=o]na, a city of Lombardy, the capital of a province of the same name, on the river Adige, said to have been built by the Gauls two hundred and eighty-two years before Christ. It has yet several remains of antiquity Vertico, one of the Nervii. He was in Cicero's camp when it was attacked by the Eburones, and prevailed on a slave to carry a letter to Caesar communicating that information, G. v. 49 Vertiscus, general of the Remi, G. viii. 12 Vesontio, _Besan[,c]on_, the capital of the Sequani, now the chief city of Burgundy, G. i. 38 Vett[=o]nes, a people of Spain, inhabiting the province of _Estremadura_, C. i. 38 Vibo, a town in Italy, not far from the Sicilian Straits, _Bibona_ Vibullius Rufus, one of Pompey's followers, C. i. 15 Vienna, a city of Narbonese Gaul, _Vienne in Dauphiny_, G. vii. 9 Vindel[)i]ci, an ancient people of Germany, inhabitants of the country of Vindelicia, otherwise called Raetia secunda Viridomarus, a nobleman among the Aedui, G. vii. 38 Viridorix, king of the Unelli, G. iii. 17 Vist[)u]la, the _Weichsel_, a famous river of Poland, which rises in the Carpathian mountains, in Upper Silesia, and falls into the Baltic, not far from Dantzic, by three mouths Visurgis, the _Weser_, a river of Lower Germany, which rises in Franconia, and, among other places of note, passing by Bremen, falls into the German Ocean, not far from the mouth of the Elbe, between that and the Ems V[)o]c[=a]tes, a people of Gaul, on the confines of the Lapurdenses, G. iii. 23 Vocis, the king of the Norici, G. i. 58 V[)o]contii, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about _Die_, in Dauphiny, and _Vaison_ in the county of Venisse Vog[)e]sus Mons, the mountain of _Vauge_ in Lorrain, or, according to others, _de Faucilles_, G. iv. 10 Volcae Arecom[)i]ci, and Tectosages, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the _Upper_ and _Lower Languedoc_ Volcae, a powerful Gallic tribe, divided into two branches, the Tectosages and Arecomici, G. vii. 7 Volcatius Tullus, one of Caesar's partisans, C. iii. 52