XIV
He ordered them to leave the bodies of the Cimbri intact till daylight because he believed they were adorned with gold.
XV
Y.R. 696 Two nations, the Tigurini and the Helvetii, made an incursion B.C.58 into the Roman province of Gaul. When Caesar heard of this movement he built a wall along the river Rhone about a hundred and fifty stades in length to intercept them. When they sent ambassadors to him to endeavor to make a treaty, he ordered them to give him hostages and money. They replied that they were accustomed to receive these things, not to give them. As he wished to prevent them 18) agrees with Appian that the victory over the Tigurini was won by Labienus. Caesar himself does not mention Labienus. lie says that he himself marched about the third watch (midnight) and came upon the Tigurini on the bank of the river Arar, etc. (Gallic War, i. 12.)
XVI
Y.R. 695 Ariovistus, the king of the Germans beyond the Rhine, B.C.59 crossed to this side before Caesar’s arrival and made war against the AEdui, who were friends of the Romans. But when the Romans commanded him to desist, he obeyed and moved away from AEdui and desired to be accounted a friend of the Roman people also, and this was granted, Caesar being consul and voting for it.
XVII
Ariovistus, the king of the Germans, who had been voted a friend of the Roman people, came to Caesar to have a colloquy. After they had separated he wished to have another. Caesar refused it, but sent some of the leading men of the Gauls to meet him. Ariovistus cast them in chains, wherefore Caesar threatened him and made war on him, but fear fell upon the army on account of the military reputation of the Germans.Cf. Caesar’s Gallic War, i. 42 seq.
