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In consequence of this they took courage, attacked and harassed those their opponents' foraging parties And on one occasion when had crossed to the other side of the river and meanwhile a great storm had come up and destroyed the bridge which they had used, they crossed over after them by the other bridge, which was near the city, and destroyed them all, since no one was able to come to their assistance. Caesar, when things were taking this course, fell into desperate straits for none of his allies rendered him assistance, since his opponents met [and annihiwho were some scattered.
EV added l)y R. Steph. •' ^ h• L•. added by ISt. BOOK XLl and unsuccessful in his operahome^ when they learned of this, renounced all hope of him, believing that he could hold out but a short time longer, and began to fall away to Pompey and some few senators and others set out to join the latter even then. But just at this time the-Massaliots were defeated in a naval battle by Brutus owing to the size of his ships and the strength of his marines, although they had Domitius as an ally and surpassed in their experience of naval affairs and after this they were shut off completely.
Is it not outrageous that we are no longer harrying the possessions of the Gauls whom we have ; ^ subdued, but are devastating the lands south of the Alps, as if we were hordes of Epirots or Carthaginians or Cimbri f Is it not disgraceful for us to give ourselves airs and say that we were the first ^ See note on xxxviii. 34.