Helvetii

When Cæsar entered upon his duties in governing Gaul, certain tribes came to him with complaints of a people called the Helvetii, who were leaving their own country, or what is now Switzerland, to enter upon the more fertile and less mountainous lands of their neighbors.

A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards

Checking the attempted migration of the Helvetii was the beginning of Caesar's exploits.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867

A huge number of Germans—one hundred and twenty thousand, it was reported—had crossed the Rhine and settled on the lands of the Helvetii, a warlike tribe, whose response was to move westward in their turn, into the interior of Gaul, looking for fresh territory.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

So, I translated the battle with the Helvetii and slept that night.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

He first made himself master of the country of the Helvetii

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Helvetii, _B. G._ i, 7, 3. haec habui, _de Sen. _ 85. non habebant, _B. G.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

Accordingly, the tract betwixt the Hercynian forest and the rivers Rhine and Mayne was possessed by the Helvetii: [150] and that beyond, by the Boii; [151] both Gallic tribes.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

Helvētiī lēgātōs mittunt, quī dīcerent, _the Helvetii sent envoys to say_ (lit. _who should say_); haec habuī, dē senectūte quae dīcerem, _I had these things to say about old age_; nōn habēbant quō sē reciperent, _they had no place to which to flee_

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

Helvetii and Boii penetrated into Germany is not ascertained.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

[151] A nation of Gauls, bordering on the Helvetii, as appears from Strabo and Caesar.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus