ABSTRACT

In eo itinere persuadet Castico On that journey he persuaded Catamantaloedis filio Sequano, Casticus, the Sequanian, the son cuius pater regnum in Sequanis of Catamantaloedes, whose father multos annos obtinuerat et a senatu had held the kingship among the populi Romani amicus appellatus Sequani for many years and had erat, ut regnum in civitate sua been named a friend of the Roman occuparet quod pater ante habu-people by the senate, to seize the erat; kingship in his state which his

father had held before him;

itemque Dumnorigi Aeduo fratri he also persuaded Dumnorix, the Diviciaci, qui eo tempore princi-Aeduan, the brother of Diviciacus, patum in civitate obtinebat ac who at that time held the sovermaxime plebi acceptus erat, ut eignty in the state and was very idem conaretur persuadet, eique popular with the people, to atfiliam suam in matrimonium dat. tempt the same thing, and he gave

him his daughter in marriage.