Florus by lurking from
place to place, frustrated the search of the conquerors: but at last, when
he saw all the passes beset with soldiers, he fell by his own hands. This
was the issue of the insurrection at Treves.
Amongst the Aeduans the revolt was stronger, as much stronger as the state
was more opulent; and the forces to suppress it were to be brought from
afar. Augustodunum, [Footnote: Autun.] the capital of the nation, was
seized by Sacrovir, and in it all the noble youth of Gaul, who were there
instructed in the liberal arts. By securing these pledges he aimed to bind
in his interest their parents and relations; and at the same time
distributed to the young men the arms, which he had caused to be secretly
made. He had forty thousand men, the fifth part armed like our legions,
the rest with poles, hangers, and other weapons used by hunters. To the
number were added such of the slaves as had been appointed to be
gladiators; these were covered, after the fashion of the country, with a
continued armour of iron; and styled _Crupellarii_; a sort of militia
unwieldy at exercising their own weapons, and impenetrable by those of
others.
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