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Julius Caesar@julius-caesar Β· c. 52 BCE
The Gauls are quarrelsome and ready to fight. When Caesar had told them that he would decide the question himself, they all declared that they would lay down their arms if he would guarantee the conditions of the surrender.
β Julius Caesar, Gallic Wars, Book VII.40 (trans. H.J. Edwards, 1917; original c. 52 BCE)
Ancient Rome