[*] 70.12. adventu: abl. of time. [*] 70.13. faciebant: notice the tense, and cf. 49 2 and note. — parvulis for the formation of the word, see§ 243 (164. a); B. 153; G. 189. 6; H. 340 (332); H-B. 207. 1. [*] 70.14. pedum xii: i.e. in height. — xv milium: fifteen miles （sc. passuum） seems large for so small a hill, but no satisfactory explanation has yet been given. [*] 70.15. oppido: for the omission of in, cf. castris, 57 5 and note. For the siege operations, see chapter on military affairs, VIII, and Figs. 43, 92, 93, 120. [*] 70.17. viderunt: note the regular mood and tense in the temporal clause with ubi; cf. 62 18 and note. — inridere: histor. infin.; see note on 13 18. [*] 70.18. quod … institueretur: because （as they said）, etc.: subjv. on the principle of implied indir. disc. （§ 540, 592. 3 (321, 341. d); B. 286. 1, 323; G. 663. 1; H. 652 (529. II); H-B. 555. a）. — ab tanto spatio, so far off （lit. away by so great a space）: abl. of degree of difference, ab having an adv. force. — quibusnam, etc.: the enclitic nam gives a sarcastic emphasis to this jeering question of the barbarians, by what hands, pray, or what strength? [*] 71.2. conlocare: indir. disc.; we should have expected the fut. infin. conlocaturos [esse]. Apparently the Gauls thought the Romans meant to lift the tower and set it up on the wall （in muro） ; and such an idea, of course, seemed very amusing. But when the tower began to roll forward they saw their error.
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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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