Kitap 15
4.1
The affair thus ended, war was declared on the . . .See critical note. and Lentienses,Dwelling in the neighbourhood of Lentia, modern Lenze. tribes of the Alamanni, who often made extensive inroads through the Roman frontier defences. On that expedition the emperor himself set out and came to Raetia and the Campi Canini;Plains in Raetia, round about Bellinzona. and after long and careful deliberation it seemed both honorable and expedient that, while he waited there with a part of the soldiers, Arbetio, commander of the cavalry, with the stronger part of the army should march on, skirting the shores of Lake Brigantia,The Lake of Constance. in order to engage at once with the savages. Here I will describe the appearance of this place as briefly as my project allows.
4.2
Between the defiles of lofty mountains the Rhine rises and pours with mighty current over high rocks, without receiving tributary streams, just as the Nile with headlong descent pours over the cataracts. And it could be navigated from its very source, since it overflows with waters of its own, did it not run along like a torrent rather than a quietly flowing river.
