[*] 64.23. ut, as, i.e. in the position in which they were. The clause is nearly equivalent to an English participle, having taken up their position （cf. § 493. d. 2 (290. d); B. 356. 2. c; H-B. 602. 1）. Observe that in the sense of as, ut is not followed by the subjv. — sinistra: here Labienus was in command. [*] 64.24. acie: gen. （§ 98. N. (74. a); B. 52.3; G. 63. N. 1; H. 134. 2 (120); H-B. 100. 2）. — pilis emissis: see chapter on military affairs, VII, and Fig. 15, p. 22. — exanimatos: agrees with Atrebates （object of compulerunt）. [*] 64.26. ex loco superiore: i.e. from the higher ground up which the Atrebates had rushed after crossing the river. [*] 65.1. impeditam, embarrassed （in their attempt to cross）. — ipsi: referring to milites, 64 23. [*] 65.2. progressi: i.e. continuing the charge up the wooded hill on the other side of the river. See description of the ground, ch. 18. [*] 65.3. rursus resistentīs （acc.）: i.e. when they again made a stand. [*] 65.6. ex loco superiore: i.e. starting from, etc. — in ripis modifies proeliabantur （were continuing the fight）. [*] 65.7. totis: emphatic position （cf. English "exposed entirely almost"）. [*] 65.8. nudatis, being exposed, i.e. by the absence of the other legions, which were pursuing the enemy. The only ones left near the camp were VII and XII, in dextro cornu. [*] 65.9. constitisset: causal, showing why the enemy charged in that quarter ; but it is often impossible to say when the description of a situation passes over into cause. — magno intervallo, confertissimo agmine: best regarded as ablatives of manner, though we must remember that the Romans did not trouble themselves about our classifications. The ablative was the proper form for all these ideas; and so they used it for all without distinction, as we should use in, at, or by. [*] 65.10. duce: abl. abs.; translate under the leadership of. [*] 65.12. aperto latere: i.e. the right, not protected by shields; for omission of prep., see § 429 (258. f); B. 228. 1. b; G. 388; H. 485. 2 (425. ii); H-B. 436. — legiones: the twelfth and the seventh. — castrorum: not part., but poss. gen. （i.e. the height on which the camp stood）.
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