CHAPTER IV.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARIOVISTUS.

(Year of Rome 696.)

(BOOK I. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

I. SEAT OF THE SUEVI AND OTHER GERMAN TRIBES. (_See Plate 2._) 80

II. THE GAULS SOLICIT CÆSAR TO COME TO THEIR SUCCOUR. 83

III. MARCH OF CÆSAR UPON BESANÇON. (_See Plate 4._) 86

IV. PANIC IN THE ROMAN ARMY. 88

V. MARCH TOWARDS THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE. (_See Plate 4._) 91

VI. INTERVIEW BETWEEN CÆSAR AND ARIOVISTUS. (_See Plate 6._) 94

VII. MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO ARMIES. (_See Plates 2 and 6._) 97

VIII. BATTLE AGAINST THE GERMANS. (_See Plate 4._) 99

IX. OBSERVATIONS. 103