[*] 66.5. Caesar: subject of processit, 67 9. In this characteristic example of Latin style notice that the main verb of the sentence is not expressed until the attendant circumstances have been introduced in the form of modifying phrases, dependent clauses, etc. Thus the sense and construction are suspended. Such a sentence is called a Period （§ 600, 601 (346); B. 351. 5; G. 684, 685. 2; H. 685 (573); H-B. 629, 630）. An English writer would have used several short, independent sentences, each describing a single act or circumstance, and a really good translation should have that form, thus: — Caesar, after addressing the tenth legion, passed to the right wing. Here he saw his men were hard pressed. The standards were all huddled together and the soldiers of the twelfth, massed in a solid body, were in each other's way. All the centurions of the fourth cohort had fallen, the standard-bearer was killed, and the standard lost. In the other cohorts almost all the centurions were either killed or wounded. Among these the first centurion, P. Sextius Bacuius, one of the bravest of soldiers, was disabled by many severe wounds so that he could no longer stand on his feet. The rest were showing no spirit, and some in the rear had abandoned the fight and were drawing back to get out of range of the missiles. The enemy meanwhile continued to come up in front from below without cessation, and to press them hard also on both flanks. The situation was desperate. Seeing this, and realizing that there were no reserves that could be sent in, Caesar snatched a shield from a man in the rear rank — he had happened to come there without a shield himself — and advanced to the front. [*] 66.6. ubi: construe with vidit, l. 8. — in unum locum: i.e. the soldiers were so crowded together that they could not keep their alignment, and the standards were bunched in a confused mass in the crowd. [*] 66.7. sibi … impedimento, hindered one another in fightinig （lit., were for a hindrance themselves to themselves）; cf. 56 4, 62 11. [*] 66.8. quartae cohortis: this stood on the left of the front line and so bore the brunt of the attack. See chapter on military affairs, VI.— omnibus centurionibus occisis: notice that seven different events are expressed in this sentence by ablatives absolute. See note on omni pacata Gallia, 49 6. [*] 66.9. signo: i.e. the standard of the cohort. [*] 67.1. in his, among these. — primipīlo: see chapter on military affairs, I. 7. —Baculo: this was one of Caesar's best centurions. His further exploits are mentioned in Bk. iii. ch. 5 and Bk. vi. ch. 38. [*] 67.3. iam non, no longer. — tardiores: rather slack （discouraged） （§ 291. a (93. a); B. 240. 1; G. 297; H. 498 (444. 1); H-B. 241. 2）. [*] 67.4. ab novissimis, in the rear: so below, l. 8. — deserto proelio, withdrawing from the fight （abl. abs.）. [*] 67.5. neque: correl. to et = both … not … and. [*] 67.7. vidit: repeated from 66 8 on account of the length of the sentence. — neque ullum subsidium: the rear guard, legions XIII and XIV, had not yet arrived. [*] 67.8. posset: ref. clause of characteristic; cf. 51 4, 64 5. — militi: dat. after detracto; cf. construction of hostibus, 54 5, and note. [*] 67.11. signa … laxare, to charge [and thus] open out the ranks, i.e. as they advanced, the space between the ranks would be increased, nd so more room obtained for the use of the sword. — quo … possent: cf. 60 27. [*] 67.12. gladiis: cf. castris, 66 3. — militibus: dat. with inlata. [*] 67.14. etiam … rebus, even in his own extreme peril.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
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