Julius Caesar's Gallic War Commentaries
Public Domain translation of Caesar's Gallic WarPrimary Texts Index
"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.
S[=a]bis, the Sambre, a river of the Low Countries, which rises in Picardy, and falls into the Meuse at Namur, G. ii. 16, 18; vi. 33
Sabura, general of king Juba, C. ii. 38; his stratagem against Curio, C. ii. 40; his death, C. ii. 95
Sadales, the son of king Cotys, brings forces to Pompey, C. iii. 4
Salassii, an ancient city of Piedmont, whose chief town was where now Aosta is situate
Salluvii, Sallyes, a people of Gallia Narbonensis, about where Aix now is
Sal[=o]na, an ancient city of Dalmatia, and a Roman colony; the place where Dioclesian was born, and whither he retreated, after he had resigned the imperial dignity
S[=a]lsus, a river of Hispania Baetica, Rio Salado, or Guadajos
S[)a]m[)a]r[:o]br[=i]va, Amiens, an ancient city of Gallia Belgica, enlarged and beautified by the emperor Antoninus Pius, now Amicus, the chief city of Picardy, on the river Somme; assembly of the, Gauls held there, G. v. 24
S[=a]nt[o]nes, the ancient inhabitants of Guienne, or Xantoigne, G. i. 10
S[=a]rd[i]n[i]a, a large island in the Mediterranean, which in the time of the Romans had forty-two cities, it now belongs to the Duke of Savoy, with the title of king
S[=a]rm[=a]t[i]a, a very large northern country, divided into Sarmatia Asiatica, containing Tartary, Petigora, Circassia, and the country of the Morduitae; and Sarmatia Europaea, containing Russia, part of Poland, Prussia, and Lithuania
Savus, the Save, a large river which rises in Upper Carniola, and falls into the Danube at Belgrade
Scaeva, one of Caesar's centurions, displays remarkable valour, C. iii. 5 3; his shield is pierced in two hundred and thirty places
Sc[=a]ldis, the Scheld, a noted river in the Low Countries, which rises in Picardy, and washing several of the principal cities of Flanders and Brabant in its course, falls into the German Ocean by two mouths, one retaining its own name, and the other called the Honte. Its whole course does not exceed a hundred and twenty miles. G. vi. 33
Scandinav[i]a, anciently a vast northern peninsula, containing what is yet called Schonen, anciently Scania, belonging to Denmark; and part of Sweden, Norway, and Lapland
Scipio, his opinion of Pompey and Caesar, C. i. 1, 21; his flight, C. iii. 37
S[e]d[=u]l[i]us, general of the Lemovices; his death, G. vii. 38
S[=e]d[=u]ni, a people of Gaul, to the south-east of the Lake of Geneva, occupying the upper part of the Valais. Their chief town was Civitus Sedunorum, now Sion, G. iii. i
S[=e]d[=u]s[i]i, an ancient people of Germany, on the borders of Suabia, G. i. 51
S[=e]gni, an ancient German nation, neighbours of the Condrusi, Zulpich
S[=e]g[=o]nt[i][=a]ci, a people of ancient Britain, inhabiting about Holshot, in Hampshire, G. v. 21
Segovia, a city of Hispania Baetica, Sagovia la Menos
S[e]g[=u]s[i][=a]ni, a people of Gallia Celtica, about where Lionois Forest is now situate
Sen[o]nes, an ancient nation of the Celtae, inhabiting the country about the Senonois, in Gaul
Sequ[)a]na, the Seine, one of the principal rivers of France, which rising in the duchy of Burgundy, not far from a town of the same name, and running through Paris, and by Rouen, forms at Candebec a great arm of the sea
Sequ[)a]ni, an ancient people of Gallia Belgica, inhabiting the country now called the Franche Comt['e], or the Upper Burgundy; they bring the Germans into Gaul, G. vi. 12; lose the chief power, ibid.
Servilius the consul, C. iii. 21
S[=e]s[=u]v[i]i, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting about Seez; they surrender to the Romans, G. ii. 34
Sextus Bibaculus, sick in the camp, G. vi. 38; fights bravely against the enemy, ibid.
Sextus Caesar, C. ii. 20
Sextus, Quintilius Varus, qaestor, C. i. 23; C. ii. 28
Sib[=u]z[=a]tes, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country around the Adour; they surrender to the Romans, G. iii. 27
Sicil[i]a, Sicily, a large island in the Tyrrhene Sea, at the south-west point of Italy, formerly called the storehouse of the Roman empire, it was the first province the Romans possessed out of Italy, C. i. 30
S[i]c[o]ris, a river in Catalonia, the Segre
S[i]g[)a]mbri, or S[i]c[)a]mbri, an ancient people of Lower Germany, between the Maese and the Rhine, where Cuelderland is; though by some placed on the banks of the Maine, G. iv. 18
Silicensis, a river of Hispania Baetica, Rio de las Algamidas. Others think it a corruption from Singuli
Sinuessa, a city of Campania, not far from the Save, an ancient Roman colony, now in a ruinous condition; Rocca di Mondragon['e]
Soldurii, G. iii. 22
S[o]t[i][=a]tes, or Sontiates, an ancient people of Gaul, inhabiting the country about Aire; conquered by Caesar Aquillus, G. iii. 20, 21
Sp[=a]rta, a city of Peloponnesus, now called Mucithra, said to be as ancient as the days of the patriarch Jacob
Spolet[i]um, Spoleto, a city of great antiquity, of Umbria, in Italy, the capital of a duchy of the same name, on the river Tesino, where are yet some stately ruins of ancient Roman and Gothic edifices
Statius Marcus, one of Caesar's lieutenants, C. iii. i 5
S[u][=e]ss[i][=o]nes, an ancient people of Gaul, les Soissanois; a kindred tribe with the Remi, G. ii. 3; surrender to Caesar, G. iii. 13
Su[=e]vi, an ancient, great, and warlike people of Germany, who possessed the greatest part of it, from the Rhine to the Elbe, but afterwards removed from the northern parts, and settled about the Danube; and some marched into Spain, where they established a kingdom, the greatest nation in Germany, G. i. 37, 51, 54; hold a levy against the Romans, G. iv. 19; the Germans say that not even the gods are a match for them, G. iii. 7; the Ubii pay them tribute, G. iv. 4
S[=u]lmo, an ancient city of Italy, Sulmona; its inhabitants declare in favour of Caesar, C. i. 18
Sulpicius, one of Caesar's lieutenants, stationed among the Aedui, C. i. 74
Supplications decreed in favour of Caesar on several occasions, G. ii. 15; ibid. 35; iv. 38
Suras, one of the Aeduan nobles, taken prisoner, G. viii. 45
Sylla, though a most merciless tyrant, left to the tribunes the right of giving protection, C. i. 5, 73
Syrac[=u]sae, Saragusa, once one of the noblest cities of Sicily, said to have been built by Archias, a Corinthian, about seven hundred years before Christ. The Romans besieged and took it during the second Punic war, on which occasion the great Archimedes was killed
S[=y]rtes, the Deserts of Barbary; also two dangerous sandy gulfs in the Mediterranean, upon the coast of Barbary, in Africa, called the one Syrtis Magna, now the Gulf of Sidra; the other Syrtis Parva, now the Gulf of Capes
