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... supply was essential , Caesar decided to overlook Dumnorix's defection when his brother Diviciacus pleaded for his life , rather than antagonize Diviciacus who , as Chief Druid , had great influence with the Aedui ; but he took the ...
... supply was essential , Caesar decided to overlook Dumnorix's defection when his brother Diviciacus pleaded for his life , rather than antagonize Diviciacus who , as Chief Druid , had great influence with the Aedui ; but he took the ...
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... supply - at the weakest link in his military organization . For that , the season and the means at his disposal were propitious : forage could not be cut until the grass began to grow , and it would be months before the corn could be ...
... supply - at the weakest link in his military organization . For that , the season and the means at his disposal were propitious : forage could not be cut until the grass began to grow , and it would be months before the corn could be ...
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... supplies , sufficient fighting forces , and many other requirements needed to assure the success of a campaign - were ... supply have led some historians to assume the excellence of his commissariat , whereas his almost daily anxiety ...
... supplies , sufficient fighting forces , and many other requirements needed to assure the success of a campaign - were ... supply have led some historians to assume the excellence of his commissariat , whereas his almost daily anxiety ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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