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Updated: May 7, 2025

"The Gallic oxen especially are of good repute in Italy, for field labour forsooth; whereas the Ligurian are good for nothing." Here, no doubt, Cisalpine Gaul is referred to, but the cattle-husbandry there doubtless goes back to the Celtic epoch. Mus. Comp. Movers, Phoen. ii. 3, 167 seq. IV. V. Transalpine Relations of Rome IV. V. Defeat of Longinus IV. V. Transalpine Relations of Rome

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

"The Gallic oxen especially are of good repute in Italy, for field labour forsooth; whereas the Ligurian are good for nothing." Here, no doubt, Cisalpine Gaul is referred to, but the cattle-husbandry there doubtless goes back to the Celtic epoch. Mus. Comp. Movers, Phoen. ii. 3, 167 seq. IV. V. Transalpine Relations of Rome IV. V. Defeat of Longinus IV. V. Transalpine Relations of Rome

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)