So perished the Nervii.

Caesar commanded his legions to treat with respect the little remnant of the tribe which had just fallen to swell the empty echo of his glory, and then, with hardly a breathing pause, he proceeded to annihilate the Aduatici, the Menapii, and the Morini.
Gaul being thus pacified, as, with sublime irony, he expresses himself concerning a country some of whose tribes had been annihilated, some sold as slaves, and others hunted to their lairs like beasts of prey, the conqueror departed for Italy.

Legations for peace from many German races to Rome were the consequence of these great achievements.

Among others the Batavians formed an alliance with the masters of the world.

Their position was always an honorable one.