| Caesar raised two new legions, making eight in all, and marched against the Belgae as soon as the spring opened. |
| Belgium derives its name from a Celtic tribe, the Belgae, whom Caesar described as the most courageous tribe of Gaul. |
| Caesar records that the Belgae raided maritime areas of Britain and that some eventually settled there. |
| In 58 BC, the Roman leader Julius Caesar called the region's Belgae tribes the toughest opponents he had faced. |
| The fact that the Belgae were living in Gaul means that in one sense they were Gauls. |
| The Belgae had been crossing the narrow sea and settling here, presumably driving away the inhabitants whom they found. |
