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What was the starting point for'Bella Germaniae'?

  • End of Aufidius Bassus' work

  • The founding of Rome

  • Julius Caesar's death

  • The Battle of Teutoburg Forest

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The "Bella Germaniae" began where Aufidius Bassus' work ended. Bassus, a Roman historian, chronicled the Roman campaigns in Germania up to a certain point. The "Bella Germaniae" picked up the narrative from that point forward, continuing the account of the Roman-Germanic wars.
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