CHAPTER VII.

(Year of Rome 699.)

(BOOK IV. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

INCURSIONS OF THE USIPETES AND THE TENCTERI--FIRST PASSAGE OF THE RHINE--FIRST DESCENT IN BRITAIN--CHASTISEMENT OF THE MORINI AND THE MENAPII.

I. CÆSAR’S MARCH AGAINST THE USIPETES AND THE TENCTERI. (_See Plate 14._) 153

II. ROUT OF THE USIPETES AND THE TENCTERI. 158

III. FIRST PASSAGE OF THE RHINE. (_See Plates 14 and 15._) 160

IV. DESCRIPTION OF BRITAIN IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR. 165

V. FIRST EXPEDITION TO BRITAIN. (_See Plates 16 and 17._) 172

VI. CHASTISEMENT OF THE MORINI AND MENAPII. 184

VII. ORDER FOR REBUILDING THE FLEET. DEPARTURE FOR ILLYRIA. 185

VIII. POINTS OF EMBARKING AND LANDING. DATE OF THE ARRIVAL IN BRITAIN. (_See Plate 16._) 186

IX. RÉSUMÉ OF THE DATES OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 699. 202