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1.13.1 When this battle was complete, he had a bridge built so that he would be able to overtake the remaining troops of the Helvetii, and led the army across it accordingly.
1.13.2 The Helvetii, unnerved by his sudden advance, sent delegates to him; for they had taken twenty days to cross that river with difficulty, and discovered that he had done it in one day. Of these delegates the leader was Divico, who had been the general of the Helvetii in the battle against Cassius.
1.13.3 This is what he said to Caesar: if the Roman people should make peace with the Helvetii, then the Helvetii would go to the place Caesar placed them, and remain there where he wished them to be.
1.13.4 But if he should continue to follow and attack them, he ought to remember the former inconvenience to the Roman people, and the previous courage of the Helvetii. Since he had unexpectedly attacked one tribe, when those who had already crossed the river were not able to offer assistance to their fellows, he should not consider this matter to be the result of his own magnificent courage, or think the rest of them weak. They had learned in this way from their fathers and ancestors to conduct themselves with honor rather than to rely on trickery or plotting.
1.13.5 Why then should Caesar make it so that this place where they were making their stand gain a name for itself from the injury to the Roman people, and destruction of his army, or otherwise be made memorable?
1.13.2 The Helvetii, unnerved by his sudden advance, sent delegates to him; for they had taken twenty days to cross that river with difficulty, and discovered that he had done it in one day. Of these delegates the leader was Divico, who had been the general of the Helvetii in the battle against Cassius.
1.13.3 This is what he said to Caesar: if the Roman people should make peace with the Helvetii, then the Helvetii would go to the place Caesar placed them, and remain there where he wished them to be.
1.13.4 But if he should continue to follow and attack them, he ought to remember the former inconvenience to the Roman people, and the previous courage of the Helvetii. Since he had unexpectedly attacked one tribe, when those who had already crossed the river were not able to offer assistance to their fellows, he should not consider this matter to be the result of his own magnificent courage, or think the rest of them weak. They had learned in this way from their fathers and ancestors to conduct themselves with honor rather than to rely on trickery or plotting.
1.13.5 Why then should Caesar make it so that this place where they were making their stand gain a name for itself from the injury to the Roman people, and destruction of his army, or otherwise be made memorable?
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"Holy shit! That's impossible!" "....not for ROMANS."
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//needs Classics icon //maybe one of Boudicca