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quinis aut senis: distributives, implying that this was the constant or average daily distance between the two armies. They apparently marched along the Saône, in the direction of Chalon. Their exact route from the Saône towards Autun is uncertain. The country here is very irregular and broken; so that it was impossible for Caesar to get any advantage by a rapid march or by an attack on the Helvetian rear. He consequently followed them, watching his chance. — milibus: § 406 (247); B. 217; G. 296; H. 471 (417); H-B. 416. d.


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