Conquer
To submit
Both terms in one sentence
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As he knew their ancestors had had legitimate reasons to escape the Empire and they had no reason to actually trust him, he sent emissaries for three times to beg them to submit peacefully and with negotiated conditions instead of making him conquer them.
Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Anime - Artistic License History: Julius Caesar did not conquer Britain as such during his two campaigns there, but rather installed a client king named Mandubracius in what is now Essex, and the real Cassivellaunos was made to submit to Mandubracius.
Source: Recap / Asterix in Britain
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