CHAPTER VIII.

EVENTS OF THE YEAR 703.

I. NEW TROUBLES IN GAUL, AND THE CAMPAIGN ON THE AISNE. 528

II. CÆSAR’S POLICY IN GAUL AND AT ROME. 530

III. SULPICIUS RUFUS AND M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS, CONSULS. 536

IV. SPIRIT WHICH ANIMATES CÆSAR’S ADVERSARIES. 538

V. THE QUESTION OF RIGHT BETWEEN THE SENATE AND CÆSAR. 542

VI. INTRIGUES TO DEPRIVE CÆSAR OF HIS COMMAND. 548