III. TAKING OF VELLAUNODUNUM, GENABUM, AND NOVIODUNUM. (_See Plate 19._) 278 IV. SIEGE OF AVARICUM. (_See Plate 20._) 287 V. ARRIVAL OF CÆSAR AT DECETIA, AND MARCH TOWARDS AUVERGNE. (_See Plates 19 and 21._) 299 VI. BLOCKADE OF GERGOVIA. (_See Plates 21 and 22._) 303 VII. OBSERVATIONS. 319 VIII. CÆSAR LEAVES GERGOVIA IN ORDER TO JOIN LABIENUS. 320 IX. EXPEDITION OF LABIENUS AGAINST THE PARISII. (_See Plate 23._) 323 X. THE GAULS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE. 329 XI. JUNCTION OF CÆSAR AND LABIENUS. BATTLE OF THE VINGEANNE. (_See Plates 19 and 24._) 331 XII. BLOCKADE OF ALESIA. (_See Plates 25, 26, 27, and 28._) 338 XIII. DETAILS OF THE EXCAVATIONS AT MONT AUXOIS. (_See Plates 25, 27, and 28._) 358 CHAPTER XI. (Year of Rome 703.) (BOOK VIII. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”) I. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE BITURIGES AND CARNUTES. 367 II. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE BELLOVACI. (_See Plates 29 and 30._) 369 III. BATTLE ON THE AISNE. 377 IV. DEVASTATION OF THE COUNTRY OF THE EBURONES. 379 V. EXPEDITION AGAINST DUMNACUS. 381 VI. CAPTURE OF UXELLODUNUM. (_See Plates 31 and 32._) 383 VII. EXCAVATIONS MADE AT PUY D’ISSOLU. (_See Plates 31 and 32._) 390 VIII. COMPLETE SUBMISSION OF GAUL. 395 BOOK IV. RECAPITULATION OF THE WAR IN GAUL, AND RELATION OF EVENTS AT ROME FROM 696 TO 705. CHAPTER I. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 696. I. DIFFICULTIES OF CÆSAR’S TASK. 399 II. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HELVETII. 402 III. CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARIOVISTUS. 405 IV. SEQUEL OF THE CONSULSHIP OF L. CALPURNIUS PISO AND AULUS GALBINIUS. 408 V. INTRIGUES OF CLODIUS. 409 VI. POMPEY CONSULTS CÆSAR ON THE RETURN OF CICERO. 410 VII. POMPEY BELIEVES HIMSELF THREATENED BY A SLAVE OF CLODIUS. 411 CHAPTER II. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 697. I. WAR AGAINST THE BELGÆ. 413 II. RETURN OF CICERO. 416 III. POMPEY IS CHARGED WITH THE SUPPLYING OF FOOD. 419 IV. FESTIVALS TO COMMEMORATE CÆSAR’S VICTORIES. 420 V. RIOTS AT ROME. 421 CHAPTER III. EVENTS IN ROME DURING THE YEAR 698. I. PRESENCE IN ROME OF PTOLEMY AULETES. 424