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1 DBG Caesar, De Bello Gallico (DBG), Book 5.33, Lines 1-20; Book 5.34, Lines 1-13; Book 5.35, Lines 1-18 Book 5.33 [1] Tum dēmum Titūrius, quī nihil ante prōvīdisset, Then finally Quintus Titurius Sabinus, who had provided for nothing in advance, trepidāre et concursāre cohortēsque dispōnere, haec tamen panicked and ran this way and that and deployed the cohorts, nevertheless, [he did] these ipsa timidē atque ut eum omnia dēficere vidērentur; quod very things timidly and so that everything seemed to fail him; which plērumque eīs accidere cōnsuēvit quī in ipsō negōtiō cōnsilium generally is accustomed to happen to those who are forced to make a plan in such a business. [5] capere cōguntur. At Cotta, quī cōgitāsset haec posse in itinere But Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta, who had thought that these things could happen on the journey accidere atque ob eam causam profectiōnis auctor nōn fuisset, and for this reason had not been an advocate of setting out, nūllā in rē commūnī salūtī deerat et in appellandīs in no way was lacking for the common safety, and in calling cohortandīsque mīlitibus imperātōris et in pūgnā mīlitis and encouraging the soldiers he performed the duties of a general and in battle (the duties) of a soldier.

2 officia praestābat. Cum propter longitūdinem āgminis Since, because of the length of the line [10] minus facile omnia per sē obīre et quid quōque locō faciendum they were less easily able to attend to everything themselves and see what had to be done in each place, esset providēre possent, iussērunt prōnūntiāre ut impedīmenta they (i.e., Sabinus and Cotta) ordered the word to be passed that they (i.e., the soldiers) should relinquerent atque in orbem cōnsisterent. abandon the baggage and take position in a circle. Quod cōnsilium etsī in ēiusmodī cāsū reprehendendum nōn Although this plan in a difficulty of this type should not be criticized, est, tamen incommodē accidit: nam et nostrīs mīlitibus spem nevertheless it turned out unfortunately; for it reduced the hope for our soldiers [15] minuit et hostēs ad pūgnam alācriōrēs effēcit, quod nōn sine and made the enemy more eager for the fight, for summō timōre et dēspērātiōne id factum vidēbātur. Praetereā it seemed to have been done without very great fear and desperation. In addition accidit, quod fierī necesse erat, ut vulgō mīlitēs ab sīgnīs it happened, which was necessary to be done, that the soldiers universally left their standards discēderent, quae quisque eōrum cārissima habēret ab [and] the things which each one of them held most dear he hurried

3 impedīmentīs petere atque arripere properāret, clāmōre et [20] flētū omnia complērentur. to look for and grab from the baggage, and everything was filled with shouting and weeping. Book 5.34 [1] At barbarīs cōnsilium nōn dēfuit. Nam ducēs eōrum But a plan was not lacking to the barbarians. For their commanders tōtā aciē prōnūntiāre iussērunt, nē quis ab locō discēderet, ordered word to be passed throughout the whole line of battle that no one was to leave this position, illōrum esse praedam atque illīs reservārī quaecumque Rōmānī that their (i.e., the commanders ) was the loot and for them was reserved whatever the Romans relīquissent: proinde omnia in vīctōriā posita exīstimārent. had left: consequently they (i.e., the soldiers) would think that everything was placed in victory. [5] Erant et virtūte et studio pūgnandī parēs. Nostrī, tametsī ab They (i.e., the two sides) were equal both in courage and in eagerness to fight. Our men, although duce et ā fōrtūnā dēserēbantur, tamen omnem spem salūtis in they were deserted by their commander and by fortune, nevertheless placed all their hope of safety in virtūte pōnēbant, et quotiēns quaeque cohors prōcurrerat, ab eā courage, and as often as each cohort had run forward, from that

4 parte māgnus numerus hostium cadēbat. side a great number of the enemy fell. Quā rē animadversā, Ambiorīx prōnūntiārī iubet ut procul tēla After this fact had been noticed, Ambiorix ordered it to be announced that they should throw spears from a distance [10] cōniciant neu propius accēdant et quam in partem Rōmānī and not approach more closely and should give way into which direction the Romans impetum fēcerint cēdant: levitāte armōrum et cotīdiānā made an attack: [he said that] because of the lightness of their weapons and their daily exercitātiōne nihil hīs nocērī posse: rūrsus sē ad sīgna recipientēs practice they could in no way be hurt; [and that] they should pursue [the Romans] as they retreated īnsequantur. back to their standards. Book 5.35 [1] Quō praeceptō ab eīs dīligentissimē observātō, cum With this order having been carefully observed by them, when quaepiam cohors ex orbe excesserat atque impetum fēcerat, any cohort had gone out from the circle and had made an attack, hostēs vēlōcissimē refugiēbant. Interim eam partem nūdārī the enemy very swiftly ran backwards. Meanwhile it was necessary for that part [of the circle] to be left exposed

5 necesse erat et ab latere apertō tēla recipī. Rūrsus cum in eum and for the spears to be received from the unprotected side. When they [the Romans] began to return again into that [5] locum unde erant ēgressī revertī coeperant, et ab eīs quī cesserant place from where they had gone out, they were surrounded by those who had given way et ab eīs quī proximī steterant circumveniēbantur. Sīn autem and by those who had stood nearby. But if locum tenēre vellent, nec virtūtī locus relinquēbātur neque ab tantā they [only] wanted to hold [their] position [in the circle], there was no place left for courage, multitūdine coniecta tēla cōnfertī vītāre poterant. and closely packed together, they could not avoid the spears thrown by such a great number. Tamen tot incommodīs cōnflīctātī, multīs vulneribus acceptīs Nevertheless, with so many misfortunes having been afflicted, with many wounds having been received, [10] resistēbant et māgnā parte diēī cōnsūmptā, cum ā prīmā they kept resisting and with a large part of the day having been used up, since lūce ad hōram octāvam pūgnārētur, nihil quod ipsīs esset the fighting went on from dawn until the eighth hour, they engaged in nothing that was indīgnum committēbant. not worthy of them.

6 Tum T. Balventiō, quī 6uperior annō prīmum pīlum dūxerat, Then each thigh of Tutus Balventius, who in the previous year had lead the chief centurion, virō fortī et māgnae auctōritātis, utrumque femur trāgulā a brave man and [one] of great prestige, is pierced by a spear; [15] trāicitur; Q. Lūcānius ēiusdem ōrdinis, fortissimē Quintus Lucanius of the same rank, fighting very bravely, pūgnāns, dum circumventō fīliō subvenit, interficitur; Lucius while he brings help to his son who had been surrounded, is killed; Lucius Cotta lēgātus omnēs cohortēs ōrdinēsque adhortāns in adversum Cotta the legate while encouraging all the cohorts and the ranks is wounded directly in the face ōs fundā vulnerātur. by [a stone from] a slingshot.

Week 15: Translation

Week 15: Translation Caesar, De Bello Gallico (DBG), Book 5.31, Lines 1-16; Book 5.32, Lines 1-8; Book 5.33, Lines 1-20; Book 5.34, Lines 1-13; Book 5.35, Lines 1-18; Book 5.36, Lines 1-11; Book 5.37,