The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-10
WHAT CAESAR SAID

DrophetfcaIIy mixed. There were no
Bulgarians in his day, and they
didn't live in Gaul.
The Ocala Star reproduces the
above paragraph and adds by way Of
comment that il was the Batavii that
Caesar praised. When weAread Gaze
sar, some years ago now, he said
something about all Gaul being divid-
ed into three parts, of which the Bel
gaze inhabit one-and he proceeded
to specify the jewellers in the other
two parts-and added, "and the
bravest of these are the Belgae. -
Tampa Times.
The Belgae were some scrappers,
but the Star thinks the editor of
the Times has remembered the
wrong quotation. If he will allow
us, we will refresh his memory:
Caesar says of the Helvetians:
The Helyetians are distinguished
by their bravery beyond the other
Gauls; because they are continual
ly at war with the Germans, for de-
tense of their territories.
"Plutarch says of these brave peo-
pie: After a long and severe CONS
bat Caesar drove the main army out
of the field, but found the hardest
work at the carriages and ramparts,
where not only the men stood and
fought, but the women and also the
children defended till they were cut
to pieces.
THE Helvetians were greatly en-
numbered by their targets being pin
ned together by the Roman javelins;
they could not draw these barbed
jayelfns from their shields SO they
threw them away and exposed them
selves without defense to the weap-
ons of the enemies. During the
whole action, lasting from one
O'Clock till after dark, no man saw
the back OF a Helvetian.'
g The HeIvetians depended on
courage, not on ambushes; being a
very proud people, they defed the
Romans, telling them that such
were the institutions of the Helve-
tians, derived from their ancestors,
that they had been accustomed to
receive, not give hostages, and that
nobody knew it better than the
Romans
land they were but handful of
oH.1-,+ 9An nn0 MON xxva-
men and cfIfIdrenI "a roll was found
in the Helvetian camp, written in
Greek characters and brought to
Caesar. Tt contained a list of all
who had set out upon this expedi-
tion, capable of bearing arms, like
wise of the women and children and
old men. Only one-thfrd of these
Helvetians returned to their old ter
ritory, and they have never been
conquered wholly; even Austria's
power, in modern times was unavail-
ing, and their descendants are still
free, brave, honest and true. These
Helvetians are the bravest of all; as
they came down out of their noun
tain Businesses into the plains of
their Roman enemies, accompanied
by their women, children and old
tribe of Northern GauI, one of the
Belg1c confederacy, fought the Ro-
mans in their own Businesses; amid
almost impenetrabIe forests and
or ccilaI Ia
to enter into with an army; they Sc
creted their valuabIes and families
on inaccessible islands and fought
by mbuscades--Caesar marched
against these BeIgic tribes and broke
their power completely in 50 B. c.
They never were victorious over the
Romans, whereas the HeIvetians did
conquer the Romans under iDivico, a
great Helvetian general, in a war in
which the Roman general Cassius
and his lieutenant, Piso, were slain
with the whole Roman army
The Star is indebted for the fore
going information to an Ocala lady
who prefers reading history and
| the classics to the voluminous and
rather trashy literature of the pres
ent day. Feeling sure that both the
Times and Star were wrong, the
Star called for her assistance with
the foregoing result.
The argument started with the
Tampa Tribune, the editor of which
evidently wrote, Caesar said tbs
lBelgians are the bravest of th1
Gauls,'' but the linotype operator
changed Belgians to Bulgarians.
We find the linotype operator f:
sure refuge in time of trouble; if VI
are in one deuce of a hurry AM