CHAPTER V.

WAR AGAINST THE BELGÆ

(Year of Rome 697.)

(BOOK II. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

I. LEAGUE OF THE BELGÆ. CÆSAR ADVANCES FROM BESANÇON TO THE AISNE. (_See Plate 4._) 106

II. CÆSAR’S CAMP AT BERRY-AU-BAC. (_See Plates 2, 7, 8, and 9._) 109

III. BATTLE ON THE AISNE. 113

IV. RETREAT OF THE BELGÆ. 115

V. CAPTURE OF NOVIODUNUM AND BRATUSPANTIUM. (_See Plate 7._) 116

VI. MARCH AGAINST THE NERVII. (_See Plates 7 and 10._) 118

VII. BATTLE ON THE SAMBRE. (_See Plate 10._) 121

VIII. SIEGE OF THE OPPIDUM OF THE ADUATUCI. (_See Plate 11._) 128

IX. SUBJUGATION OF THE ARMORICA BY P. CRASSUS. 131

X. EXPEDITION OF GALBA INTO THE VALAIS. 132