[64] De Bello Gallico, III. 10.
[65] Four hundred, according to Appian (Civil War, II. 150); three hundred and five, according to Flavius Josephus (Wars of the Jews, II. xxviii. 5); three hundred, according to Plutarch (Cæsar, 15); about a hundred and forty, according to Pliny (Hist. Nat., III. 5; IV. 31-33).
[66] “Nevertheless, it was said at Rome that it was not only the Treviri and the Ædui who revolted, but the sixty-four states of Gaul.” (Tacitus, Annal., III. 44.)—The revolt in question was that of Sacrovir, under Tiberius.
[67] Strabo, IV., p. 163, edit. Didot.
[68] Although of Germanic origin, like the Nervii, and glorying in it (Tacitus, Germania, 28), the Treviri were often at war with the Germans. (Cæsar, De Bello Gallico, VII. 68.)
[69] Peoples of Belgic Gaul:
The Aduatuci, who occupied a part of the province of Namur.
The Ambiani, a people of the department of the Somme. Their chief town was Samarobriva (Amiens).
The Ambivareti, established on the left bank of the Meuse, to the south of the marsh of Peel.
The Atrebates, the people of the ancient Artois, and a part of French Flanders. Their principal oppidum was Nemetocenna (Arras).