C. Iulius Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.5

Preparations for the migration itself, now carried out without Orgetorix. The neighboring peoples named here are the Rauraci, the Tulingi, and the Latobrigi; the Boii come from further off, by way of Noricum.

 

Tier 1

post mortem Orgetorīgis Helvētiī tamen id facere cōnantur quod cōnstituerant: ē fīnibus suīs exīre. ubi parātī erant, ignem in oppida sua omnia mittunt. XII oppida erant. ignem quoque in vīcōs mittunt. vīcus est locus parvus ubi paucī hominēs sunt. CD vīcī erant. cēterās quoque domūs flammīs dant. omne frūmentum flammīs dant praeter id quod sēcum portāre volunt.

 

Helvētiī hoc faciunt quod domum redīre iam nōn possunt. itaque parātiōrēs sunt ad omnia perīcula. deinde iubent: "quisque cibum in multōs diēs domō suā portet."

 

Rauracī et Tulingī et Latobrīgī prope Helvētiōs habitant. Helvētiī eīs persuādent: "ignem in oppida vestra mittite et nōbīscum venīte!" illae gentēs idem cōnsilium capiunt. Helvētiī quoque Boiōs sociōs accipiunt. Boiī in alterā parte flūminis Rhēnī habitāverant. deinde in agrum Nōricum vēnerant et Nōrēiam oppugnāverant.

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