Note 98 — Chapter XVII · NATURAL BEAUTIES AND ATTRACTIONS.
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In the Canton of Vaud, a short distance back from the lake is Avanche or Avanches, the ancient capital of Helvetia; near this place the Helvetians were defeated by one of Vitellius’s lieutenants, and “many thousand were slain and many sold as slaves, and after committing great ravages the army marched in order of battle to Aventicum, the capital of the country.” (Tacitus.)