. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . e conducted by Decimus Brutus,one of the ablest of his the use of the ram, whichwould have been powerless against theponderous oak timbers of the Venetianships, the Roman captains laid theirgalleys alongside the enemy, and at theword of command the halyards were severed by the sharp sickles, and the huge mainsails toppled down on the deck, half burying the crew in their heavy folds. In hand-to-hand conflict the Veneti were no match for the practised Roman swordsmen,
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . e conducted by Decimus Brutus,one of the ablest of his the use of the ram, whichwould have been powerless against theponderous oak timbers of the Venetianships, the Roman captains laid theirgalleys alongside the enemy, and at theword of command the halyards were severed by the sharp sickles, and the huge mainsails toppled down on the deck, half burying the crew in their heavy folds. In hand-to-hand conflict the Veneti were no match for the practised Roman swordsmen, and one after another their vessels were laid aboard and captured. A fearful ven-geance now fell upon this brave Httle people, which had dared to defy the majesty of Rome. All the members of its senate were put to death by Caesars orders, and the captives were sold as slaves. At the conclusion of this labor-ious campaign Caesar had the satisfaction of learning that the whole of Aquitaine had submitted to his heutenant Pubhus Crassus. Then, as if he had not done enough for one year, the unwearied 21 497. Legionary REPUBLICAN ROME proconsul spent the rest of the season in a sort of man-hunt,conducted against the Menapii and Morini, a semi-amphibiousrace who dwelt among the swamps and forests of the Scheldtand the lower Rhine. Invasion of Germany By an arrangement with his fellow-triumvirs, of which weshall speak more in detail presently (see p. 507), Caesar hadcontrived to get his period of command prolonged for fiveyears, and at the opening of the following season he was calledto the north by a new movement among the German of these, the Usipetes and Tencteri, had ^crossed theRhine and effected a forcible occupation in the land of theMenapii. They had been driven to take this step by pressurefrom the great Suevic nation, of which Ariovistus was king,and their presence in Gaul caused much excitement amongthe fickle and volatile natives, who were as yet only halfsubdued
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