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Excerpt from C. Iuli Caesaris Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum, Vol. 7: A. Hirti Commentarius VIII The High Master of St. Paul's School, to whom I am grateful, has read nearly all my manuscript; and, after considering his suggestions, I wrote some additional notes, struck out one or two, and modified a few others; but he is not responsible for anything which this book contains. I have thought it right to confine myself in the notes to explaining Caesar's text. Various historical comments and other remarks which may be helpful, but which would have been out of place in an edition of the Commentaries, are to be found in Part I of my Caesar's Conquest of Gaul (second edition) and of Ancient Britain. Some readers may perhaps find opportunities of exploring the scenes of Caesar's more important Operations for when one finds oneself, say, at Martigny or upon the plateau of Alesia, the chapters in which Caesar describes what happened there become more vivid than even the best maps and plans can make them. I have given on pages 447 - 8 directions as to the best way of reaching the various places which I have in mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.