Julius Caesar, Gallic War, W. A. McDevitte (Translator), W. S. Bohn (Translator), 1.29

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In the camp of the Helvetii, lists were found, drawn up in Greek characters, and were brought to Caesar, in which an estimate had been drawn up, name by name, of the number which had gone forth from their country of those who were able to bear arms; and likewise the boys, the old men, and the women, separately. Of all which items the total was:

Of the Helvetii [lit. of the heads of the Helvetii]

263,000

Of the Tulingi

36,000

Of the Latobrigi

14,000

Of the Rauraci

23,000

Of the Boii

32,000

The sum of all amounted to

368,000 Out of these, such as could bear arms, [amounted] to about 92,000. When the census of those who returned home was taken, as Caesar had commanded, the number was found to be 110,000.

Gallic War. Julius Caesar. W. A. McDevitte (Translator), W. S. Bohn (Translator). New York. 1870-1872.

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Current edition Perseus

Gallic War (English) (Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars. McDevitte, William Alexander and Bohn, W. S, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1870-1872.)

Editions (1)

De Bello Gallico Perseus (Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. C. Iuli Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII A. Hirti Commentarius VII. Holmes, Thomas Rice, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.) — 1.29 focus

[1] In castris Helvetiorum tabulae repertae sunt litteris Graecis confectae et ad Caesarem relatae, quibus in tabulis nominatim ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset eorum qui arma ferre possent, et item separatim, quot pueri, senes mulieresque.

[2] [Quarum omnium rerum] summa erat capitum Helvetiorum milium CCLXIII, Tulingorum milium XXXVI, Latobrigorum XIIII, Rauracorum XXIII, Boiorum XXXII; ex his qui arma ferre possent ad milia nonaginta duo.

[3] Summa omnium fuerunt ad milia CCCLXVIII. Eorum qui domum redierunt censu habito, ut Caesar imperaverat, repertus est numerus milium C et X.

Julius Caesar Gallic War 1.29

W. A. McDevitte (Translator), W. S. Bohn (Translator)