Julius Caesar by Ernle Bradford

Author:Ernle Bradford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 1982-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

But Caesar, who above all men was gifted with the faculty of making the right use of everything in war, and most especially of seizing the right moment, as soon as he heard of the revolt, returned immediately the same way he went, and showed the barbarians, by the quickness of his march in such a severe season, that an army was advancing against them which was invincible.

Coming up from the south Caesar was confronted by the Cevennes mountains, where the pass was deep under snow and Vercingetorix to the north of it had reckoned himself secure for the time being. He little understood as yet the capabilities of the Roman legionary. The snow was six foot deep, yet the pass was cleared in a night and a day and the Romans suddenly appeared upon the borders of the Arverni.

So confident had Vercingetorix felt, that he had been away urging upon another tribe the necessity of breaking with the Romans, and by the time the news reached him, the legions were moving deep into his own country. Plutarch again takes up the tale:

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