Latin De Bello Gallico Caesar Book 6.13-6.20

6.13

In all of Gaul, there are two types of men, who are held in any rank and honor. For the plebes are held nearly in the status of slaves, who dare nothing through themselves and are admitted to no council. Very many, when they are either overwhelmed by debt

6.14

The Druids are accustomed to being away from war, nor do they pay tributes together with the rest; they have exemption from military service and immunity from all public affairs. Many excited by such great rewards and by their own will, they gather into t

6.15

The other class is the knights. These men, whenever there is a need and some war arises (which was accustomed to happen nearly every year before the arrival of Caesar when either they themselves were inflicting injury or were repeling injury), all of them

6.16

Every nation of the Gauls is very devoted to religious ceremonies, and for this reason, those who are afflicted by more serious sicknesses and those who are engaged in battles and dangers either sacrifice humans instead of animals or they vow that they wi

6.17

They primarily worship the god Mercury. There are many statues of him: they say that he is the inventor of all arts, that he is the leader of roads and journeys, they think that he holds the greatest power over the acquisition of money and trade. After th

6.18

The Gauls declare that they are all descended from the father Pluto and they say that it has been handed down to them by the Druids. For this reason, they measure length(s) of all time not by the number of days, but by the number of nights; they celebrate

6.19

Husbands, as much money as they have accepted from their wives in the name of a dowry, with an estimate having been made, share just as much from their own goods with the dowries. An accounting of all this money is held jointly, and the profits are saved:

6.20

Those states, which are believed to manage their government more suitably, have made it binding by law, if anyone will have accepted any information about the government from their neighbors either by rumor or report, that he should bring it to the magist

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6.13. In all of Gaul, there are two types of men, who are held in any rank and honor. For the plebes are held nearly in the status of slaves, who dare nothing through themselves and are admitted to no council. Very many, when they are either overwhelmed b