ambassadors
Social role / institution
Gallic War 1.7 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… Yet, in order that a period might intervene, until the soldiers whom he had ordered [to be furnished] should assemble, he replied to the ambassadors, that he would take time to deliberate; if they wanted any thing, they might return on the day before the ides of April [on April 12th].”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Gallic War 1.7
Caesar
… Yet, in order that a period might intervene, until the soldiers whom he had ordered [to be furnished] should assemble, he replied to the ambassadors, that he would take time to deliberate; if they wanted any thing, they might return on the day before the ides of April [on April 12th].
Civil War 2.44
Caesar
… The rest of the forces sent centurions by night to Varus in the capacity of ambassadors and surrendered themselves to him. …
Gallic War 1.42
Caesar
… Meanwhile, as ambassadors were being often sent to and fro between them, Ariovistus demanded that Caesar should not bring any foot-soldier with him to the conference, [saying] that "he was afraid of being ensnared by him through treachery; that both should come accompanied by cavalry; that he would not come on any other condition." …