C. Iulius Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.26

Roughly a fortnight into the winter, the camp among the Eburones is the scene. The subject is the shift in Ambiorix and Catuvolcus from cooperation to open revolt, the outside pressure behind it, and the first assault on the Roman camp under Sabinus and Cotta. Indutiomarus of the Treveri appears here for the first time in the series.

 

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Ambiorīx et Catuvolcus prīmum amīcī erant. Rōmānōs bene accēpērunt et frūmentum eīs dedērunt.

 

sed post quīndecim diēs cōnsilium mūtāvērunt. ā Caesare enim discēdere volēbant. Indutiomārus Trēverus nūntiōs ad eōs mīsit. hī nūntiī ita dīxērunt: 'bellum gerite! Rōmānōs superāre potestis!' itaque Ambiorīx et Catuvolcus omnēs suōs hominēs vocāvērunt.

 

paucī ex mīlitibus nostrīs in silvā erant et ligna petēbant. hostēs subitō hōs mīlitēs oppressērunt. deinde cum multīs mīlitibus ad castra nostra vēnērunt.

 

mīlitēs nostrī celeriter arma cēpērunt et in vāllum ascendērunt. equitēs quoque nostrī ex ūnā parte in hostēs cucurrērunt. in eō proeliō Rōmānī superiōrēs fuērunt. itaque hostēs castra nostra relīquērunt.

 

tum hostēs magnā vōce clāmāvērunt: 'aliquis ex vōbīs ad nōs veniat! verba vōbīscum facere volumus. sīc fortasse pācem habēre possumus.'

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