CHAPTER I.

EVENTS OF THE YEAR 696.

I. DIFFICULTIES OF CÆSAR’S TASK. 399

II. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HELVETII. 402

III. CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARIOVISTUS. 405

IV. SEQUEL OF THE CONSULSHIP OF L. CALPURNIUS PISO AND AULUS GALBINIUS. 408

V. INTRIGUES OF CLODIUS. 409

VI. POMPEY CONSULTS CÆSAR ON THE RETURN OF CICERO. 410

VII. POMPEY BELIEVES HIMSELF THREATENED BY A SLAVE OF CLODIUS. 411