▁sla ugh tered ▁in ▁ 1 0 2 ▁BC ▁by ▁G ai us ▁Mar ius , ▁the ▁C imb ri ▁and ▁the ▁Tig ur ini ▁winter ed ▁in ▁the ▁Pad an ▁plain . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁Mar ius ▁virt ually ▁destroyed ▁the ▁C imb ri ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁of ▁Ver cel la e . ▁The ▁Tig ur ini , ▁who ▁had ▁planned ▁on ▁following ▁the ▁C imb ri , ▁turned ▁back ▁over ▁the ▁Al ps ▁with ▁their ▁boot y ▁and ▁joined ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Hel vet ians ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁ra ids . ▁ ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁the ▁Hel vet ian ▁campaign ▁of ▁ 5 8 ▁BC ▁ ▁P rel ude ▁ ▁The ▁Hel vet ii ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁Gall ic ▁tribe ▁of ▁the ▁campaign ▁to ▁be ▁confront ed ▁by ▁Ca esar . ▁He ▁narr ates ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁conflict ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁sections ▁of ▁Comment ari i ▁de ▁B ello ▁Gall ico . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁political ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁Comment ari i , ▁Ca esar ' s ▁purpose ▁in ▁public izing ▁his ▁own ▁achiev ements ▁may ▁have ▁dist orted ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁events ▁and ▁the ▁mot ives ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁participated . ▁ ▁The ▁no blem an ▁Or get or ix ▁is ▁presented ▁as ▁the ▁inst ig ator ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁Hel vet ian ▁migration , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁entire ▁tribe ▁was ▁to ▁leave ▁their ▁territory ▁and , ▁according ▁to ▁Ca esar , ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁supre m acy ▁over ▁all ▁of ▁Ga ul . ▁This