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XXIX. Omnium harum gentium virtute praecipui Batavi, non multum ex ripa, sed insulam Rheni amnis colunt, Chattorum quondam populus et seditione domestica in eas sedes transgressus, in quibus pars Romani imperii fierent.
His. 4, 12: extrema Gallicae orae, simulque insulam, occupavere. Chattorum quondam. The very name Batavi is thought by some to be a corrupted or modified form of Chatti. See Rit. in loc. Transgressus. When is not known, but Julius Caesar found them already in possession of their new territory. Fierent. Subj. after eas quibus==such that. Nec contemnuntur. Are neither dishonored.
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