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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar

“they who are troubled with unusually severe diseases and they who are engaged in battles and dangers, either sacrifice men as victims, or vow that they will sacrifice them, and employ the Druids as the performers of those sacrifices”

Julius Caesar (spoken by Caesar (narrator))

The Conquest of Gaul, Book VI.16, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)

Portrait of Julius Caesar

Caesar connects Gallic human sacrifice to grave illness, presenting it as a vow of a life for a life.

Citation: "they who are troubled with unusually severe diseases and they who are engaged in battles and dangers, either sacrifice men as victims, or vow that they will sacrifice them, and employ the Druids as the performers of those sacrifices" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book VI.16, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q6)

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

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