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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
“Thus, being excited by the massacre at Genabum and the fatigue of the siege, they spared neither those worn out with years, women, or children”
The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.28, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
The sack of Avaricum, where Caesar reports that only about eight hundred of forty thousand escaped.
Citation: "Thus, being excited by the massacre at Genabum and the fatigue of the siege, they spared neither those worn out with years, women, or children" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.28, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q7)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
