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Julius Caesar's Gallic War Commentaries

Public Domain translation of Caesar's Gallic War

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"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

Introduction | De Bello Gallico Book I
De Bello Gallico Book II
De Bello Gallico Book III
De Bello Gallico Book IV
De Bello Gallico Book V
De Bello Gallico VI
De Bello Gallico VII
De Bello Gallico VIII
De Bello Civili (Civil Wars): Book 1
DBC (Civil Wars): Book 2
DBC (Civil Wars): Book 3

(Alphabetical) Index

N.B. The numerals refer to the book, the figures to the chapter. G. stands for the Gallic War, C. for the Civil.

Nabathaei, an ancient people of Arabia, uncertain

Nann[=e]tes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country about Nantes, G. iii. 9

Nantu[=a]tes, an ancient people of the north part of Savoy, whose country is now called Le Chablais, G. iii. 1

Narbo, Narbonne, an ancient Roman city in Languedoc, in France, said to be built a hundred and thirty-eight years before the birth of Christ, G. iii. 20

Narisci, the ancient people of the country now called Nortgow, in Germany, the capital of which is the famous city of Nuremburg

Nasua, the brother of Cimberius, and commander of the hundred cantons of the Suevi, who encamped on the banks of the Rhine with the intention of crossing that river, G. i. 37

Naupactus, an ancient and considerable city of Aetolia, now called Lepanto, C. iii. 35

Nem[=e]tes, a people of ancient Germany, about the city of Spire, on the Rhine, G. i. 51

Nemetocenna, a town of Belgium, not known for certain; according to some, Arras, G. viii, 47

Neocaesarea, the capital of Ponts, on the river Licus, now called Tocat

Nervii, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, thought to have dwelt in the now diocese of Cambray. They attacked Caesar on his march, and fought until they were almost annihilated, G. ii. 17

Nessus, or Nestus, a river is Thrace, Nesto Nicaea, a city of Bithynia, now called Isnick, famous for the first general council, anno 324, against Arianism

Nit[=o]br[i]ges, an ancient people of Gaul, whose territory lay on either side of the Garonne, and corresponded to the modern Agennois, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. Their capital was Agrimum, now Agen, G. vii. 7, 31, 46, 75

Noreia, a city on the borders of Illyricum, in the province of Styria, near the modern village of Newmarket, about nine German miles from Aquileia, G. i. 5

N[=o]r[i]cae Alpes, that part of the Alps which were in, or bordering upon, Noricum

N[=o]r[i]cum, anciently a large country, and now comprehending a great part of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, part of Tyrol, Bavaria, etc., and divided into Noricum Mediterraneum and Ripense. It was first conquered by the Romans under Tiberius, in the reign of Augustus, and was celebrated for its mineral treasures, especially iron

N[o]v[i][o]d[=u]num Belgarum, an ancient city of Belgic Gaul, now called Noyon

N[o]v[i][o]d[=u]num Bitur[i]gum, Neuvy, or Neufvy, G. vii. 12

N[o]v[i][o]d[=u]num Aeduorum, Nevers, G. vii. 55

N[o]v[i][o]d[=u]num Suessionum, Soissons, al. Noyon, G. ii. 12

N[o]v[i]om[=a]gum, Spire, an ancient city of Germany, in the now upper circle of the Rhine, and on that river

Numantia, a celebrated city of ancient Spain, famous for a gallant resistance against the Romans, in a siege of fourteen years; Almasan

Numeius, G. i. 7

Num[i]dae, the inhabitants of, G. ii. 7

Numid[i]a, an ancient and celebrated kingdom of Africa, bordering on Mauritania; Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, etc.

N[=y]mphaeum, a promontory of Illyricum, exposed to the south wind, and distant about three miles from Lissus, Alessio, C. iii. 26

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