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191.1. at: marks a transition as usual; translate meanwhile. 191.2.

usupraeceperat, had suspected would come to pass.—per causam, on the pretext (so elsewhere in Caesar): his real motive was to join his force. 191.4.

Brutum: Decimus Junius Brutus, afterward one of Caesar's assassins. This same officer had command of the fleet in the famous battle with the Veneti; see 82 7-10. 191.6.

triduo: this was a pretence, and was given out to conceal his real design. 191.8.

Viennam, Vienne, a little below Lyons on the Rhone.—recentem: i.e. they were well rested and in good condition for a forced march. 191.11.

hiemabant: see Bk. vi. ch. 44. His route would lie due north up the Saône along the eastern line of the Haedui. The distance of this rapid winter journey was above 300 miles.—quid: with consili. 191.12.

de sua salute, affecting his own safety; opposed to any design on his forces. 191.13.

reliquas, etc.: two of them were somewhere near Luxembourg, and six at Sens, about 140 miles apart. 191.14.

prius: with quam.—unum locum: evidently Sens. 190.17.

Gorgobinam: this was situated probably on the Allier, a southern confluent of the Loire. 191.18.

Haeduis attribuerat: see 25 19 ff. 191.20.

difficultatem: the dilemma in which Caesar finds himself is expressed by the two parallel conditions, sicontineret, nedeficeret, and sieduceret, nelaboraret.


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