WAR
AGAINST
THE BELGIAN
CONFEDERACY.
229
tinebant ; in aperto loco secundum 1 flnmen paucae stationes 2 equitum videbantur, Elumiuis erat altitude pedum a circiter trium, The Belgae attack the camp.
19. Caesar equitatu praemisso, subsequebatur omnibus ' copits ; sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat," ac 5 Belgae ad Nervios <letulerant. Nam quod hostibus appropinquabat, oonsuetudine 6 sua Caesar sex legiones expedttas r ducebat ; post eas totius exercitus impedimenta collocarat ; II inde duae Iegiones, quae 9 proxima ccnscrtptae eraut, tatum agmen claudebant praesidioque 10 impedrmen-ro tis erant, Equites nostrt cum funditoribus sagittaritsque flumen transgressi cum hostium equitatn proelium commtserunt. Cum se illt identidem in silvas ad suos reciperent ac rnrsus ex silva in nostros impetum facerent neque 11 nostri longius, quam 12 quem ad flnelll porrecta 13 loca aperta per-rs tinebant, eedentes U rnsequt auderent, interim legiones sex, quae primae venerant, opere 111 dtmenso castra milnIre cospsrunt, Ubi prima impedtmenta nostri exercitiis ab eIs, qut in 1 secundum: the preposition, along. 2 stationes: pickets:.. 8 pedum trium: Genitive of Quality; 323. 4 omnibus copus: Ablative of Accompaniment; here used without the preposition cum. 6 aliter Ie habebat ae, etc.: was dijJ'erent from what the Belgians had reported; literally, had itself otherwise than; ac with comparatives and similar words often means than. The compound subject ratio ordoque is construed with a singular verb, since ratio ordoque constitutes one idea. 8 conluetudine sua: according to his cu.~torn. 1 expedltas: i.e. they had been relieved of their heavy packs (sarcinae), and were ready for battle i ezpeditas Is In predicate relation to leqiones, 8 collocarat = collocaverat. 9 quae proxime conlcript&e erant: the thirteenth and fourteenth. 10 praesidlo: Dative of Purpose; 313. 11 neque : and • •• not, Introduciug auderent. t2 quam quem ad bem: than as far as; for quam ad eumfinem ad quem. 13 porrecta pertinebant: literally, eztended stretched out j but porrecta is superfluous to our sense, and may be omitted In translation. H cedentel: limiting eos understood, the object of insequi. 15 opere dlmenao: having laid out the works. Note that dimenso, though the perfect participle of a deponent verb, Is here used passively; 238, b.