Rhine
Place
Gallic War 1.1 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest, because they are furthest from the civilization and refinement of [our] Province, and merchants least frequently resort to them, and import those things which tend to effeminate the mind; and they are the nearest to the Germans, who dwell beyond the Rhine , with whom they are continually waging war; for which reason …”
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Gallic War 1.1
Caesar
… Of all these, the Belgae are the bravest, because they are furthest from the civilization and refinement of [our] Province, and merchants least frequently resort to them, and import those things which tend to effeminate the mind; and they are the nearest to the Germans, who dwell beyond the Rhine , with whom they are continually waging war; for which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers. …
Gallic War 1.2
Caesar
… To this he the more easily persuaded them, because the Helvetii, are confined on every side by the nature of their situation; on one side by the Rhine , a very broad and deep river, which separates the Helvetian territory from the Germans; on a second side by the Jura , a very high mountain, which is [situated] between the Sequani and the Helvetii; on a third by the Lake of Geneva, and by the river Rhone, which separates our Province from the Helvetii. …
Gallic War 1.5
Caesar
… They persuade the Rauraci, and the Tulingi, and the Latobrigi, their neighbors, to adopt the same plan, and after burning down their towns and villages, to set out with them: and they admit to their party and unite to themselves as confederates the Boii, who had dwelt on the other side of the Rhine , and had crossed over into the Norican territory, and assaulted Noreia.
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
The Rhine River is the twelfth longest river in Europe, flowing 1,233 km (766 mi) from Switzerland to the North Sea.
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All indexed divisions · 46
Gallic War 1.1 · Gallic War 1.2 · Gallic War 1.5 · Gallic War 1.27 · Gallic War 1.28 · Gallic War 1.31 · Gallic War 1.33 · Gallic War 1.35 · Gallic War 1.37 · Gallic War 1.43 · Gallic War 1.44 · Gallic War 1.53 · Gallic War 1.54 · Gallic War 2.3 · Gallic War 2.4 · Gallic War 2.29 · Gallic War 2.35 · Gallic War 3.11 · Gallic War 4.1 · Gallic War 4.3 · Gallic War 4.4 · Gallic War 4.6 · Gallic War 4.10 · Gallic War 4.14 · Gallic War 4.15 · Gallic War 4.16 · Gallic War 4.17 · Gallic War 4.19 · Gallic War 5.2 · Gallic War 5.3 · Gallic War 5.24 · Gallic War 5.27 · Gallic War 5.29 · Gallic War 5.41 · Gallic War 5.55 · Gallic War 6.2 · Gallic War 6.5 · Gallic War 6.9 · Gallic War 6.24 · Gallic War 6.29 · Gallic War 6.32 · Gallic War 6.35 · Gallic War 6.41 · Gallic War 6.42 · Gallic War 7.65 · Gallic War 8.13