CONFLICT
WITH
THE ADUATUCI.
289
supererant, consens\11egil.tos ad Caesarem mlserunt sllque el dediderunt, et in com memoranda. ctvitatis oalamitate ex sexcentIs 1 ad tres senatores, ex hominum mtlibus LX vix ad qutngentos qut arma ferre possent, st'!se redactos esse dtxllr.unt. Quos Caesar, ut in miseros ac supplicss usus 25 misericordia videretur," dtligentissime conservavit sutsque fluibus atq ne oppidts uti j ussit et fInitimIs imperavit, ut 4 ab injuria et maleficio se suosque prohiberent,
CHA.PTERS
29-33.
-CONFLICT
The Aduatuci
WITH THE AnUA.TUCI.
take refuge in a stl¡onghold.
29. Aduatuer, dll quibus supra scrtpsimus, cum 6 omnibus copirs auxilio 8 N ervits venIrent, hac pugna nllntia.ta.,10 ex itinere domum reverterunt , cnnctts oppidts castellIsque desertts, sua omnia in unum oppidum egregie natura mllnltum contulerunt, Quod 1 cum ex omnibus in circuitii partibus altissimas rl1pes dejectusqus haberet, Ilna. ex parte leniter accltvis aditus in latitudinem non am plius ducentO-15 rum 3 pedum relinquebatur j quem locum duplicI altissirno miiro munierant ; tum 9 magnt ponderis sax a et praeacntas trabes in 10 miiro collooabant." IpSI erant ex Cimbrts " TeutonIsque prognatr, qut, cum iter 13 in provinciam nostram atque Italiam facerent, ers 20 impedImentIs, quae secum agere 14 ac portare non poterant, 1 ex sexcentis ad tres, etc.: the Nervii shrewdly exaggerate their losses, in order to move Caesar's pity. 2 usus: i.e. usus esse. 8 videretur: here not seem, but be seen. 4 ut prohiberent: Substantive Clause Developed from the Volitive; object ot imperavit. 6 cum: the conjunction. G auxilio: Dative of Purpose; 313. 1 quod cum: adversative,-while this ..• (yet). s dncentorum pedum: Genitive of Quality limiting aditus; ampliu8, as usual, does not affect the construction of the sentence. 9 tum: at that time. 10 in muro: on the wall. 11 collocabant: i.e. they were en.gaged in placi71.l1them. 12 ex Cimbris Tentonis: see note on p. 212, line 11. IS iter facerenl;: were making a raid. 14 agere, portare: a.gere, literally drive, suggests that the impedimenta consisted partly of cattle and horses.