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Quotation from The Civil War by Julius Caesar

“There was a sort of root, called chara, discovered by the troops which served under Valerius. This they mixed up with milk, and it greatly contributed to relieve their want”

Julius Caesar (spoken by Caesar (narrator))

The Civil War, Book III.48, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)

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Short of grain at Dyrrachium, Caesar's men bake bread from a root and throw loaves at Pompey's soldiers to show they will not be starved out.

Citation: "There was a sort of root, called chara, discovered by the troops which served under Valerius. This they mixed up with milk, and it greatly contributed to relieve their want" — Julius Caesar, The Civil War, Book III.48, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-civil-war-q6)

Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.

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