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56.6. ab Titurio: abl. of voluntary agent. 56.7.

levis armaturae （gen. of description）, of light equipment = light armed （see chapter on military affairs, I. 3, and Figs. 104, 115）. — Numidas, etc.: these light-armed troops were trained runners, and so could arrive at the ford in time to stop the passage of the Belgians. 56.8.

traducit: with two accusatives; cf. 52 20, and note. — pugnatum est: cf. contendebatur, 55 8. 56.11.

conant&;imacr;s: with reliquos. 56.12.

equitatu: considered here as means or instrument; therefore, no prep. — circumventos interfecerunt: cf. note on eductas, 55 3. 56.13.

ubi intellexerunt: the regular mood and tense with ubi; cf. 53 4. — de, with regard to. 56.14.

neque, and … not. 56.15.

pugnandi caus&;amacr;: gerund construction, expressing purpose （§ 404. c, 533. b (245. c, 318. b)b; B. 338. 1. c; G. 373; H. 626 (542. 1); H-B. 444. d, 612.i. 56.16.

ipsos: i.e. the enemy. The superiority of the Roman commissariat was a most important factor in winning their victories. The enemy could not carry on a long campaign with a large army for lack of provisions, and when they were compelled to disband, the Romans destroyed them piecemeal at their leisure. 56.17.

constituerunt here has two objects: （1） optimum esse, etc. （indir. disc.）, （2） [ut] convenirent （subst. clause of purpose）; see § 580. d (332. h); B. 295. 1 and N.; G. 546. R. I; H. 565. 5 (498. 1. N.); H-B. 589. a; and note on 2 15. The subject of esse is the infin. clause quemque reverti （§ 452 (330); B. 330; G. 422; H. 615 (538); H-B. 585）. Thus the confederacy dissolves into a mere defensive alliance, and all the members are cut to pieces in detail. — domum: § 427. 2 (258. b); B. 182. 1. b; G. 337; H. 419. 1 (380. 2. 1); H-B. 450. b. 56.18.

quorum: the antecedent is eos. 56.19.

introduxissent stands for the fut. perf., and is attracted into the pluperf. subjv. by being made part of the purpose clause; cf. potuissent, 56 3. — convenirent: sc. ut; § 565. a (331. f. R.); B. 295. 8; G. 546. R. 2; H. 565. 2 (499. 2); H-B. 502. 3. a. ftn. 2. 56.20.

suis, alienis, domesticis: notice the emphatic position of the adjectives. 56.23.

quod … cognoverant: indic., because Caesar gives the reason on his own authority; cf.49 12, and note. The clause is in apposition with haec ratio. — Diviciacum … adpropinquare: see 52 14. — finibus: dat. after adpropinquare. 56.24.

his persuaderi, etc.: these could not be persuaded, etc. （lit. it could not be persuaded to these）. Verbs that take the dat. in the act. are used impers. in the pass. and retain the dat. — ut, etc.: subst. clause of purpose, depending for its construction on persuaderi, but （in the impers. construction） used as subject of poterat. 56.25.

neque … ferrent, and so fail to carry （lit. and not carry）. — suis: § 363 (225. b); B. 193; H-B. 365. ftn. par. 2.


Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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