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.
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
