Selections from Cæsar, comprising the first, second, and extracts from the fourth, fifth, and sixth books of the Gallic war1869 - 184 pages |
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account Ædui ambassadors āre āri Ariovistus army atis attack ātum atus sum āvi back battle Belgæ Belgic Gaul Bibracte Boii BOOK bring Britain Britons Cæsar Cæsar's Cæsarem called camp carry castra castris causâ cavalry Celtic chief cloth conj construction country ctum derivation Distinguish Divitiacus Edui enemy equal ĕre ĕris Explain fight first force Gallia Gauls Germans give governs great hæc Helvetii hostes īre issum Italy ĭtum īvi legion made make meaning millia minùs name neque Nervii number omnibus one's ōnis order ōris ōrum Parse pass people of Belgic place populi Romani power præ prep quæ quàm quòd quum Remi Rhenum Rhine river Roman same sent sentence Sequani sese ships side sine soldiers speech state subj Suevi take Teutoni their they thing three time town Trinobantes turn used verb Verbs word words
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Page 77 - Deum maxime Mercurium colunt. Huius sunt plurima simulacra : hunc omnium inventorem artium ferunt, hunc viarum atque itinerum ducem, hunc ad quaestus pecuniae mercaturasque habere vim maximam arbitrantur.
Page 76 - Disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur, et nunc, qui diligentius eam rem cognoscere volunt, plerumque illo discendi causa proficiscuntur.
Page 36 - IV. Quum ab his quaereret, quae civitates quantaeque in armis essent, et quid in bello possent, sic reperiebat : plerosque Belgas esse ortos ab Germanis ; Rhenumque antiquitus transductos, propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse, Gallosque, qui ea loca incolerent, expulisse ; solosque esse, qui patrum ncstrcrum memoria, omni Gallia vexata, Teutonos Cimbrosque intra fines suos ingredi prohibuerint.
Page 78 - Ob eam causam spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum, sed noctium finiunt, dies natales et mensium et annorum initia sic observant, ut noctem 2 dies subsequatur.