[*] 22.1. suo [equo remoto], etc.: i.e. his own and those of the officers and staff. This was as often done before an engagement （cf.
Sall. Cat. 59）. Caesar is reported to have said to his men, "I will mount again when the enemy run." —
omnium: notice that the poss. gen. and the poss. adj. have the same sense, and so may be coordinated; cf.
19 4 and note.
[*] 22.4.
pilis: see
chapter on military affairs, IV. d , and Fig.
15.
[*] 22.6.
Gallis … impedimento: dat. of service and of person affected;
§ 382. 1 (233. a);
B. 191. 2. b;
G. 356;
H. 433 (390);
H-B. 360 and b.
[*] 22.7.
pluribus,
several.  |
| Figure 116. Scutum. |
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| Figure 117. Scutum. |
[*] 22.8.
inflexisset: subjv. with
cum causal; cf.
praestarent, 2 15. —
sinistra impedita,
since the left hand was hampered, which carried the shield.
[*] 22.9.
multi ut,
so that in the case of many, multi being placed first for emphasis.
[*] 22.12.
mons: see battle plan, Fig.
12. —
eo: an adv. —
mille: acc. of distance.
[*] 22.13.
capto monte, etc.: i.e. after the Helvetii had gained the mountain and the Romans were going up to attack them.
[*] 22.14.
agmen claudebant,
brought up their rear. The Boii or Tulingi, with about 15,000 men, had been in front of the Helvetian line of march, and were consequently in the rear when they faced round to attack Caesar. They now struck at his exposed right flank （
latere aperto） as they came on the field from the road （hence
ex itinere）.
[*] 22.15.
novissimis praesidio: cf.
Gallis … impedimento,l. 6.
[*] 22.16.
circumvenire: sc.
coeperunt.
[*] 22.18.
conversa signa intulerunt,
faced about （lit. " bore their reversed ensigns upon" the enemy）,
and charged in two divisions. The divisions stood not back to back, but at an angle, facing outward; the two front lines facing forward, while the third met the flank attack of the new-comers （
venientis）, i.e. the Boii and Tulingi. The phrase
conversa signa refers only to the movement of the third line, while
intulerunt denotes the action of the entire army. The exact position of this battle is uncertain. It is usually placed at a point between Chides and Luzy, near the river Alène, and about ten miles south of Mont Beuvray.
