Julius Caesar's Gallic War Commentaries
Public Domain translation of Caesar's Gallic War"De Bello Gallico" & Other Commentaries: of Caius Julius Caesar
First Published in This Edition, 1915 Reprinted 1923, 1929
By Thomas De Quincey - The Commentaries of Caius Julius Caesar
Primary Texts Index
Introduction | Book I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | Index
N.B. The numerals refer to the book, the figures to the chapter. G. stands for the Gallic War, C. for the Civil.M
M[)a]c[e]d[=o]nia, a large country, of great antiquity and fame, containing several provinces, now under the Turks
Macedonian cavalry among Pompey's troops, C. iii. 4
Mae[=o]tis Palus, a vast lake in the north part of Scythia, now called Marbianco, or Mare della Tana. It is about six hundred miles in compass, and the river Tanais disembogues itself into it
Maget[o]br[i]a, or Amagetobria, a city of Gaul, near which Ariovistus defeated the combined forces of the Gauls. It is supposed to correspond to the modern Moigte de Broie, near the village of Pontailler
Mandub[i]i, an ancient people of Gaul, l'Anxois, in Burgundy; their famine and misery, G. vii. 78
Mandubratius, a Briton, G. v. 20
Marcellus, Caesar's enemy, G. viii 53
Marcius Crispus, is sent for a protection to the inhabitants of Thabena
Marcomanni, a nation of the Suevi, whom Cluverius places between the Rhine, the Danube and the Neckar; who settled, however, under Maroboduus, in Bohemia and Moravia. The name Marcomanni signifies border-men. Germans, G. i. 51
Marruc[=i]ni, an ancient people of Italy, inhabiting the country now called Abruzzo, C. i. 23; ii. 34
Mars, G. vi. 17
Marsi, an ancient people of Italy inhabiting the country now called Ducato de Marsi, C. ii. 27
Massilia, Marseilles, a large and flourishing city of Provence, in France, on the Mediterranean, said to be very ancient, and, according to some, built by the Phoenicians, but as Justin will have it, by the Phocaeans, in the time of Tarquinius, king of Rome
Massilienses, the inhabitants of Marseilles, C. i. 34-36
Matisco, an ancient city of Gaul, Mascon, G. vii. 90
Matr[o]na, a river in Gaul, the Marne, G. i. 1
Mauritania, Barbary, an extensive region of Africa, divided into M. Caesariensis, Tingitana, and Sitofensis
Mediomatr[=i]ces, a people of Lorrain, on the Moselle, about the city of Mentz, G. iv. 10
Mediterranean Sea, the first discovered sea in the world, still very famous, and much frequented, which breaks in from the Atlantic Ocean, between Spain and Africa, by the straits of Gibraltar, or Hercules' Pillar, the ne plus ultra of the ancients
Meldae, according to some the people of Meaux; but more probably corrupted from Belgae
Melodunum, an ancient city of Gaul, upon the Seine, above Paris, Melun, G. vii. 58, 60
Menapii, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, who inhabited on both sides of the Rhine. Some take them for the inhabitants of Cleves, and others of Antwerp, Ghent, etc., G. ii. 4; iii. 9
Menedemus, C. iii. 34
Mercurius, G. v. 17
Mes[o]p[o]t[=a]mia, a large country in the middle of Asia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates, Diarbeck
Mess[=a]na, an ancient and celebrated city of Sicily, still known by the name of Messina, C. iii. 101
M[e]taurus, a river of Umbria, now called Metoro, in the duchy of Urbino
Metios[=e]dum, an ancient city of Gaul, on the Seine, below Paris, Corbeil, G. vii. 61
Metr[o]p[o]lis, a city of Thessaly, between Pharsalus and Gomphi, C. iii. 11
Milo, C. iii. 21
Minerva, G. vi. 12
Minutius Rufus, C. iii. 7
Mitylene, a city of Lesbos, Metelin
Moesia, a country of Europe, and a province of the ancient Illyricum, bordering on Pannonia, divided into the Upper, containing Bosnia and Servia, and the Lower, called Bulgaria
Mona, in Caesar, the Isle of Man; in Ptolemy, Anglesey, G. v. 13
Mor[i]ni, an ancient people of the Low Countries, who probably inhabited on the present coast of Bologne, on the confines of Picardy and Artois, because Caesar observes that from their country was the nearest passage to Britain, G. ii. 4
Moritasgus, G. v. 54
Mosa, the Maess, or Meuse, a large river of Gallia Belgica, which falls into the German Ocean below the Briel, G. iv. 10
Mosella, the Moselle, a river which, running through Lorrain, passes by Triers and falls unto the Rhine at Coblentz, famous for the vines growing in the neighbourhood of it
Mysia, a country of Asia Minor, not far from the Hellespont, divided Into Major and Minor
