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187.9. Carnutes: this name is represented by Chartres. 187.12.

cavere inter se, take security from each other.—ne res efferatur: as the exchange of hostages would be a conspicuous and public act. 187.13.

conlatis, etc.: an armed or symbolically armed council seems to have been the most binding form of public ratification of concerted measures. Here the standards were gathered in a sheaf and the oath taken by this symbol of unity. 187.15.

deserantur: it seems to have needed the most solemn forms of agreement to bind the discordant and jealous Gauls.


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