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Caesar noticed that the Sequani were the only people of all who did none of those things which the others did, but, with their heads bowed down, gazed on the earth in sadness.
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One third part of the fertile lands of the Sequani was appropriated to their use; and the conqueror soon repeated his oppressive demand of another third, for the accommodation of a new colony of twenty-four thousand Barbarians, whom he had invited to share the rich harvest of Gaul.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Saying so, he commanded the kings of the Teutones to be brought out. as they were, in chains; for they were taken by the Sequani among the Alps, before they could make their escape.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Lingones, desiring to reach the territories of the Sequani, who were his friends, and who lay like a bulwark in front of Italy against the other tribes of Gaul.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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After this action, Caesar left his army at their winter-quarters in the country of the Sequani, and in order to attend to affairs at
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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The Allobroges assailed them with fierce delight, as did the Sequani.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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The Sequani and Aedui had marked the trend of his wishes [45] and had noticed that his deeds corresponded with his hopes: consequently they were willing at one stroke to bestow a benefit upon him and to take vengeance upon the Celts that were their neighbors.
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Rome, and had wrested from the Sequani a large portion of their territory.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Under the title of allies of the Romans, they established themselves in certain cantons of the Sequani and of upper
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Then the Sequani and Aedui sent to Caesar to ask assistance, and begged him not to let them perish.
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