Helvetii

On an open plain, we would fare no better than the Helvetii did years ago.

The sun rose behind the mountains as the Helvetii marched unaware toward their position.

Later, the Celtic tribe of the Helvetii inhabited the area.

The first of the Helvetii met the Tenth and were cut down with efficient ferocity.

Those men bullied the column into something like order, and then, with a single horn blowing against the breeze, the Helvetii moved off.

The Helvetii sent an embassy led by Divico, but the negotiations failed.

Julius waited for them, his impatience disappearing as the Helvetii began to dwindle behind.

Brutus waited as the Helvetii streamed past the ranging spear until it could not be seen.

The springs were known and used at least since the Roman era, but most probably before, at the time of the Helvetii.

The fortifications were not sufficient, leading to direct war between the Romans and Helvetii.

The Helvetii turned back and entered negotiations with the Sequani to let them pass in a peaceful manner.

The Helvetii carried oval shields, but the heavy spears would pin them to the ground, shields and all.

Though the Helvetii ducked under their shields, the heavy iron heads punched through wood and bone into the soft ground beneath.

She had named him after her father, who had been King of the Helvetii: Orgetorix.

The tables were turned, and the Helvetii began to pursue the Romans, harassing their rear guard.

Naturally the Helvetii resented this invasion.

During the 2nd century BCE the valley was settled by the Helvetii.

The Helvetii lowered the boat with a rhythmic chanting and held it steady in the shallows while a team of rowers took their places.

The Helvetii roared and brandished their shields, but Octavian would not close with them until the last spears had gone.

Following their surrender the Helvetii became foederati, an allied civitas that were required to provide soldiers but were not citizens.

As they moved away, Julius heard the tinny blaring of horns as the Helvetii began to move on.

In a flash of insight, Brutus saw them as the Helvetii did, a wall of men and shields without gaps.

Early Alpine tribes included the Helvetii and Alemanni.

The Helvetii howled as they began to pound up the slope, and a dawn breeze skimmed the hillside, blowing dust off the plains.

Then the Helvetii began to emerge out of the Alps looking for new homes in the Rhodanus Valley.