After calling attention to the division of the Gaulish aristocracy into two main sections, the Druids and the Knights, he proceeds to speak of the Druids.

These were occupied, he says, with religious matters, they attended to public and private sacrifices, and interpreted omens.

Moreover, they were the teachers of the country.

To them the young men congregated for knowledge, and the pupils held their teachers in great respect.

They, too, were the judges in public and private disputes: it was they who awarded damages and penalties.