[*] 68.4. etiam qui, even such as. — procubuissent, subjv. of characteristic; cf. 67 8. — scutis: abl. with innixi （§ 431 (254. b); B. 218. 3; G. 401. 6 ; H. 476. 3 (425. i. 1. N); H-B. 438. 2. a.）. [*] 68.6. inermes armatis, etc., [though] unarmed, threw themselves upon the armed [enemy]. — occurrerent: result, like redintegrarent. [*] 68.7. deferent, praeferrent: purpose clauses, but in slightly different relations, dependent on pugnant. The use of quo as a conj. to introduce a purpose clause when the clause contains no comparative is rare. It is used regularly in 60 27, 67 11. Here we should expect ut. [*] 68.8. at: marks with emphasis the change of the narrative from the Romans to the enemy. [*] 68.9. tantam virtutem praestiterunt: on this clause depend the following subjunctives of result, — insisterent, pugnarent, conicerent, remitterent. [*] 68.10. primi, foremost. — iacentibus （se. eis, dat. after insisterent）, stood upon them as they lay fallen （lit. them lying）. [*] 68.12. qui superessent: characteristic clause. — ut ex tumulo, as if from a mound. [*] 68.13. ut … deberet, so that we may consider （lit. it must be judged） that not without good hope of success （nequiquam） did men, etc.; ut … deberet is a result clause, dependent on the whole of the preceding sentence. The subject of deberet is the infin. clause homines ausos esse. [*] 68.16. quae: the antecedents are the preceding infin. clauses describing the acts of the enemy; translate deeds which. — facilia: pred. adj.; § 285. 2, 282. b (186); B. 233. 2; G. 211 ; H. 382. 2 (438. 2); H-B. 320. iii. The battle with the Nervii and their allies was the most desperate of the Gallic War. Their surprise of the Romans was complete, their courage such as to evoke Caesar's wonder and admiration. Had the Romans come up in the order of march expected, — a legion at a time with intervening baggage, — they could hardly have escaped defeat or even annihilation. As it was, only the steadiness and discipline of the troops and the inspiration of Caesar's presence and example at a critical moment saved the day.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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