"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries · Chapter 28Act[)i]us Varus prevents Tubero from landing in Africa, C. i. 31; his forces, C. ii. 23; his camp, ibid. 25; engages Curio, ibid. 34; his danger, defeat, and stratagem, ibid. 35 (4)
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Thebae, Thebes, a city of Boeotia, in Greece, said to have been built by Cadmus, destroyed by Alexander the Great, but rebuilt, and now known by the name of Stives; occupied by Kalenus, C. iii. 55
Therm[)o]pylae, a famous pass on the great mountain Oeta, leading into Phocis, in Achaia, now called Bocca di Lupa
Thessaly, a country of Greece, formerly a great part of Macedonia, now called Janna; in conjunction with Aetolia, sends ambassadors to Caesar, C. iii. 34; reduced by Caesar, ibid. 81
Thessalon[=i]ca, a chief city of Macedonia, now called Salonichi
Thracia, a large country of Europe, eastward from Macedonia, commonly called Romania, bounded by the Euxine and Aegean Seas
Th[=u]r[=i]i, or T[=u]r[=i]i, an ancient people of Italy, Torre Brodogneto
Tigur[=i]nus Pagus, one of the four districts into which the Helvetii were divided according to Caesar, the ancient inhabitants of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, cut to pieces by Caesar, G. i. 12
Titus Ampius attempts sacrilege, but is prevented, C. iii. 105
Tol[=o]sa, Thoulouse, a city of Aquitaine, of great antiquity, the capital of Languedoc, on the Garonne
Toxandri, an ancient people of the Low Countries, about Breda, and Gertruydenburgh; but according to some, of the diocese of Liege
Tralles, an ancient city of Lydia in, Asia Minor, Chara, C. iii. 105
Trebonius, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 36; torn down from the tribunal, C. iii. 21; shows remarkable industry in repairing the works, C. ii. 14; and humanity, C. iii. 20
Trev[)i]ri, the people of Treves, or Triers, a very ancient city of Lower Germany, on the Moselle, said to have been built by Trebetas, the brother of Ninus. It was made a Roman colony in the time of Augustus, and became afterwards the most famous city of Gallia Belgica. It was for some time the seat of the western empire, but it is now only the seat of the ecclesiastical elector named from it, G. i. 37; surpass the rest of the Gauls in cavalry, G. ii. 24; solicit the Germans to assist them against the Romans, G. v. 2, 55; their bravery, G. viii. 25; their defeat, G. vi. 8, vii. 63
Tr[)i]b[)o]ci, or Tr[)i]b[)o]ces, a people of ancient Germany, inhabiting the country of Alsace, G. i. 51
Tribunes of the soldiers and centurions desert to Caesar, C. i. 5
Tribunes (of the people) flee to Caesar, C. i. 5
Trin[)o]bantes, a people of ancient Britain, inhabitants of the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, G. v. 20
Troja, Troy, a city of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, near Mount Ida, destroyed by the Greeks, after a ten years' siege
Tubero is prevented by Attius Varus from landing on the African coast, G. i. 31
Tulingi, an ancient people of Germany, who inhabited about where now Stulingen in Switzerland is; border on the Helvetii, G. i. 5
Tungri, an ancient people inhabiting about where Tongres, in Liege, now is
Tur[=o]nes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Tours
Tusc[)i], or Hetrusci, the inhabitants of Tuscany, a very large and considerable region of Italy, anciently called Tyrrh[=e]nia, and Etruria
Ubii, an ancient people of Lower Germany, who inhabited about where Cologne and the duchy of Juliers now are. They seek protection from the Romans against the Suevi, G. iv. 3; tributary to the Suevi, ibid.; declare in favour of Caesar, G. iv. 9, 14
Ulcilles Hirrus, one of Pompey's officers, C. i. 15
Ulla, or Ulia, a town in Hispania Baetica, in regard to whose situation geographers are not agreed; some making it Monte Major, others Vaena, others Vilia
Umbria, a large country of Italy, on both sides of the Apennines
Unelli, an ancient people of Gaul, uncertain, G. ii. 34
Urbigenus, one of the cantons of the Helvetii, G. i. 27
Usip[)e]tes, an ancient people of Germany, who frequently changed their habitation
Usita, a town unknown
Uxellod[=u]num, a town in Gaul, whose situation is not known; according to some, Ussoldun besieged and stormed, G. viii. 32
Vah[)a]lis, the Waal, the middle branch of the Rhine, which, passing by Nim[)e]guen, falls into the Meuse, above Gorcum, G. iv. 10
Valerius Flaccus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. i. 30; his death, C. iii. 5 3
Val[=e]t[)i][)a]cus, the brother of Cotus, G. vii. 32
Vangi[)o]nes, an ancient people of Germany, about the city of Worms, G. i. 51
V[=a]r[=e]nus, a centurion, his bravery, G. v. 44
Varro, one of Pompey's lieutenants, C. i. 38; his feelings towards Caesar, C. ii. 17; his cohorts driven out by the inhabitants of Carmona, C. ii. 19; his surrender, C. ii. 20
V[=a]rus, the Var, a river of Italy, that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, C. i. 87
Varus, one of Pompey's lieutenants, is afraid to oppose Juba. C. ii. 44; his flight, C. ii. 34
Vatinius, one of Caesar's followers, C. iii. 100
V[)e]launi, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Velai
Vellaunod[=u]num, a town in Gaul, about which geographers are much divided; some making it Auxerre, others Chasteau Landon, others Villeneuve in Lorraine, others Veron. It surrenders, G. vii. 11
Velocasses, an ancient people of Normandy, about Rouen, G. ii. 4
V[)e]n[)e]ti, this name was anciently given as well to the Venetians as to the people of Vannes, in Bretagne, in Gaul, for which last it stands in Caesar. They were powerful by sea, G. iii. 1; their senate is put to death by Caesar, G. iii. 16; they are completely defeated, ibid. 15; and surrender, ibid. 16
Veragri, a people of Gallia Lugdunensls, whose chief town was Aguanum, now St. Maurice, G. iii. 1
Verb[)i]g[)e]nus, or Urb[)i]g[)e]nus Pagus, a nation or canton of the Helvetians, inhabiting the country in the neighbourhood of Orbe
Vercelli Campi, the Plains of Vercellae, famous for a victory the Romans obtained there over the Cimbri. The city of that name is in Piedmont on the river Sesia, on the borders of the duchy of Milan
Vercingetorix, the son of Celtillus, receives the title of king from his followers, G. vii. 4; his plans, G. vii. 8; is accused of treachery, G. vii. 20; his acts, G. vii. 8; surrenders to Caesar, G. vii. 82
Vergasillaunus, the Arvernian, one of the Gallic leaders, G. vii. 76; taken prisoner, G. vii. 88
Vergobr[)e]tus, the name given to the chief magistrate among the Aedui, G. i. 16
V[)e]r[)u]doct[)i]us, one of the Helvetian embassy who request permission from Caesar to pass through the province, G. i. 7
Veromand[)u]i, a people of Gallia Belgica, whose country, now a part of Picardy, is still called Vermandois
Ver[=o]na, a city of Lombardy, the capital of a province of the same name, on the river Adige, said to have been built by the Gauls two hundred and eighty-two years before Christ. It has yet several remains of antiquity
Vertico, one of the Nervii. He was in Cicero's camp when it was attacked by the Eburones, and prevailed on a slave to carry a letter to Caesar communicating that information, G. v. 49
Vertiscus, general of the Remi, G. viii. 12
Vesontio, Besan[,c]on, the capital of the Sequani, now the chief city of Burgundy, G. i. 38
Vett[=o]nes, a people of Spain, inhabiting the province of Estremadura, C. i. 38
Vibo, a town in Italy, not far from the Sicilian Straits, Bibona
Vibullius Rufus, one of Pompey's followers, C. i. 15
Vienna, a city of Narbonese Gaul, Vienne in Dauphiny, G. vii. 9
Vindel[)i]ci, an ancient people of Germany, inhabitants of the country of Vindelicia, otherwise called Raetia secunda
Viridomarus, a nobleman among the Aedui, G. vii. 38
Viridorix, king of the Unelli, G. iii. 17
Vist[)u]la, the Weichsel, a famous river of Poland, which rises in the Carpathian mountains, in Upper Silesia, and falls into the Baltic, not far from Dantzic, by three mouths
Visurgis, the Weser, a river of Lower Germany, which rises in Franconia, and, among other places of note, passing by Bremen, falls into the German Ocean, not far from the mouth of the Elbe, between that and the Ems
V[)o]c[=a]tes, a people of Gaul, on the confines of the Lapurdenses, G. iii. 23
Vocis, the king of the Norici, G. i. 58
V[)o]contii, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Die, in Dauphiny, and Vaison in the county of Venisse
Vog[)e]sus Mons, the mountain of Vauge in Lorrain, or, according to others, de Faucilles, G. iv. 10
Volcae Arecom[)i]ci, and Tectosages, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the Upper and Lower Languedoc
Volcae, a powerful Gallic tribe, divided into two branches, the Tectosages and Arecomici, G. vii. 7
Volcatius Tullus, one of Caesar's partisans, C. iii. 52