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44.10. consederant: cf. exercuerant above. 44.11.

acie triplici: see chapter on military affairs, VII. 44.13.

castra munire: the spade and pickaxe were as familiar to the Roman soldier as the sword or javelin. See chapter on military affairs, V, also Figs. 23, 54, 69, 118, 119, 122. In this case Caesar had one larger camp about two miles east of the Germans, and a smaller one rather more than half a mile to the south of them.


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