[*] 82.12. eius modi … ut, of such sort that. [*] 82.13. lingulis: some of these narrow tongues of land run out to sea several miles. [*] 82.14. cum … incitavisset: i.e. at high tide. — [bis]: apparently an error of the MSS. Some editors read XXIV instead of XII; others refer it to the general ignorance or carelessness of ancient writers. [*] 82.15. quod … adflictarentur: subjv. as an integral part of the result clause. [*] 82.16. minuente, at the ebb: intransitive. [*] 82.17. utraque re, in either case. [*] 82.18. superati, agreeing with the subj. of coeperant. [*] 82.19. his （aggere ac molibus） … adaequatis, when these were brought level with the walls. General von Göler explains the Roman works as follows: "A dike was extended along each side of the isthmus in the direction of the town. While these were building, of course with each rise of the tide the space within would be overflowed. When the dikes were nearly completed, the Romans waited until the ebb had carried off the water, and then rapidly pushed their works to completion before the next turn of the tide. Thus the sea was shut out and the isthmus left dry. Meanwhile the dikes themselves, being raised to the height of the walls, served the purpose each of an agger for approach to the town." [*] 82.23. haec faciebant, this they continued to do, repeated action. [*] 82.24. partem: duration of time. [*] 82.25. summa: with difficultas; note the emphasis. — vasto mari, etc.: in each of these points the ocean is contrasted with the sheltered and tideless waters of the Mediterranean. The words may be called abl. abs., but they probably go back to the locative abl.; see foot-note under § 419 (255) ftn.; cf. H-B. 421. 4.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
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BOOK THIRD. — B.C. 56.
BOOK FOURTH. — B.C. 55.
BOOK FIFTH.—B.C. 54.
BOOK VI. BOOK SIXTH.—B.C. 53.
BOOK SEVENTH.—B.C. 52.
Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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