[164] Even the inscriptions give no help, for they are drawn up in formal phrases.

[165] Cf. Lavisse, Hist. de France, i. 3. 338.

[166] Tac. Hist. iv. 55-9.

[167] Historical Essays, iii. 80.

[168] iv. 4. 2.

[169] Trebellius, Script. Hist. Aug. xxiii. 4 ‘Galli ... quibus insitum est, leves ... et luxuriosos principes ferre non posse’.

[170] Ammian. xv. 6. 4.

[171] Script. Hist. Aug. xviii. 60. 6.

[172] Zos. vi. 5 ὁ Ἀρμόριχος ἅπας καὶ ἕτεραι Γαλατῶν ἐπαρχίαι ... ἐκβάλλουσαι μὲν τοὺς Ῥωμαίους ἄρχοντας, οἰκεῖον δὲ κατ’ ἐζουσίαν πολίτευμα καθιστᾶσαι....

[173] ‘Galliaque quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio ... se suasque vires non tradidit, sed opposuit Antonio’, Phil. v. 13. 37. Cf. iv. 4, and Ep. ad Fam. xii. 5 ‘totam Galliam tenebamus studiosissimam Reipublicae’.