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245.10. ex colore: the purple or scarlet paludamentum. The bracketed words may be omitted. 245.12.

de locis superioribus, from the high ground occupied by the Gauls. 245.13.

declivia, the downward slopes.—cernebantur, were in plain sight. 245.14.

excipit clamor: i.e. the shout of the combatants is taken up and re-echoed all along the lines. Notice the vividness and power of the following description, the short quick sentences, the absence of connectives, and the rapidity of the whole. 245.16.

equitatus: who had been despatched for that purpose as told in ll. 4 and 5 above. 245.22.

conspicati: agrees with the subj. of reducunt; sc. Galli. 245.24.

quod: lit. as to which, referring to the preceding sentence; § 397. a (240. b); B. 185. 2; G. 610. R. 2; H. 510. 9 (453. 6); H-B. 388. a. N; translate and. 245.25.

crebris subsidiis, constant service in relief parties.


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