[*] 90.25. duplici: i.e. two cohorts in depth. His numbers were too few to allow the usual formation of three （triplex acies）. [*] 90.26. in mediam aciem: i.e. where they would be kept steady by his legionaries. （Their ordinary position was on the wings.） [*] 90.27. exspectabat: waited [to see] what, etc. [*] 91.1. obsessis viis … potiri, to block the roads, cut off supplies, and win the victory without a wound. [*] 91.3. sese recipere: i.e. to withdraw from Aquitania. [*] 91.4. infirmiores animo （§ 253; B. 226; G. 397; H. 480 (424); H-B. 441 ）, dispirited. — adoriri cogitabant, had in mind to attack; sc. eos for obj., and see note on 62 16. [*] 91.5. productis copiis: concessive （= although, etc.）. [*] 91.6. sua, their own. [*] 91.7. opinione timoris, the notion [they had given] of their own cowardice. [*] 91.9. oportere: depending on some word of saying implied in voces. — iretur: cf. note on decertaret, 90 22. Translate freely, that they should go to the camp without farther delay. [*] 91.10. ad hostium castra: this is the only instance in the Commentaries of an attack by Romans on a fortified Gallic camp. The fight usually took place on a level stretch between the hostile camps. The Romans always chose their battle-ground with great care.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
book 2
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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