3But when he heard that the Belgae, who were the most powerful of the Gauls and occupied the third part of all their country, had revolted, and had assembled unknown myriads of armed men, he turned back at once and marched thither with great speed.36Caesar’s campaign against the Belgae, in 57 B.C., is described by himself in B. G. ii. 1-33. He fell upon the enemy as they were plundering the Gauls that were in alliance with Rome, and so routed and destroyed the least scattered and most numerous of them, after a disgraceful struggle on their part, that the Romans could cross lakes and deep rivers for the multitude of dead bodies in them.
Notes
[36] Caesar’s campaign against the Belgae, in 57 B.C., is described by himself in B. G. ii. 1-33.