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64.14. utquam ut: as … than as. The military science of the ancients was adapted to level, open ground, in whichthe troops could be drawn up and kept in regular lines. 64.16.

cum: causal ; cf. 57 1. — aliae alia in parte§ 315. c (203. c); B. 253. 2; H. 515. 1 (459. 1); H-B. 265), some in one position, some in another. For position of the various legions, see battle plan, Fig. 35. 64.17.

saepibusinteriectis: cf. note on 60 25. 64.18.

ante: i.e. in ch. 17. — impediretur: connected with resisterent by -que in line 17. 64.19.

neque: here begins the main clause, the verb of which is poterant. 64.20.

provideri: compl. infin. with poterat supplied from poterant. The subject of this poterat is the indir. quest. quidopus esset. — ab uno (emphatic), by only one man. 64.21.

fortunae: emphatic, set off against rerum. The circumstances were diversified; the fortune that attended them consequently had various results. 64.22.

eventūs (nom. plu.), subject of sequebantur.


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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.17
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