[*] 91.11. telis coniectis (abl. abs.), by hurling weapons. [*] 91.13. quibus: abl. with confidebat (§ 431 (254. b); B. 219. 1. a; G. 401. 6; H. 476. 3 (425. i. 1. N.); H-B. 437). [*] 91.14. lapidibus … comportandis: gerundive expression of means. — aggerem: i.e. Crassus was building a mound of turf to equal the height of the enemy's rampart, as in the siege of a city. [*] 91.15. opinionem pugnantium: i.e. they made an impression as if actually engaged. [*] 92.2. ex loco, etc.: i.e. as they stood on the rampart of the camp. [*] 92.4. ab decumana porta: i.e. in the rear, where this gate was situated (see Fig. 119). The Gauls appear here to have adopted the Roman mode of constructing camps, probably under the instruction of the Sertorian officers.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
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BOOK THIRD. — B.C. 56.
BOOK FOURTH. — B.C. 55.
BOOK FIFTH.—B.C. 54.
BOOK VI. BOOK SIXTH.—B.C. 53.
BOOK SEVENTH.—B.C. 52.
Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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