c. AD 120

Suet. Jul. 49.4

The Life of Julius Caesar 49.4

Author
Suetonius
Translator
J. C. Rolfe

The Life of Julius Caesar

49.4

Suetonius

translated by J. C. Rolfe

4Finally, in his Gallic triumph his soldiers, among the bantering songs which are usually sung by those who follow the chariot, shouted these lines, which became a by-word:

“All the Gauls did Caesar vanquish, Nicomedes vanquished him;
Lo! now Caesar rides in triumph, victor over all the Gauls,
Nicomedes does not triumph, who subdued the conqueror.”