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signa, etc.: i.e. as the whole camp was in confusion the soldiers could not tell in which direction the line was to be formed (signa ferantur) nor where each man should rally (quisque conveniat). It is noticeable that Cicero is not spoken of after the beginning of ch. 36. Ordinarily this woulc be just the moment when a commander would be most active. It seems to show that he shared in the general panic.


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