The bridge across the Nabalia was broken asunder in the middle, and Cerialis and Civilis met upon the severed sides.

The placid stream by which Roman enterprise had connected the waters of the Rhine with the lake of Flevo, flowed between the imperial commander and the rebel chieftain.
*********************************************** Here the story abruptly terminates.

The remainder of the Roman's narrative is lost, and upon that broken bridge the form of the Batavian hero disappears forever.

His name fades from history: not a syllable is known of his subsequent career; every thing is buried in the profound oblivion which now steals over the scene where he was the most imposing actor.
The soul of Civilis had proved insufficient to animate a whole people; yet it was rather owing to position than to any personal inferiority, that his name did not become as illustrious as that of Hermann.

The German patriot was neither braver nor wiser than the Batavian, but he had the infinite forests of his fatherland to protect him.