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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar
“supported life by the corpses of those who appeared useless for war on account of their age, and did not surrender to the enemy”
The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.77, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
Citing the precedent of the war against the Cimbri and Teutones, Critognatus proposes cannibalism as an alternative to surrender.
Citation: "supported life by the corpses of those who appeared useless for war on account of their age, and did not surrender to the enemy" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book VII.77, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q9)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
