- Source
- Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. C. Iuli Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII A. Hirti Commentarius VII. Holmes, T. Rice (Thomas Rice), editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:2.9.1-2.9.5
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While both armies face each other across a marsh, the enemy, after a cavalry skirmish, move to the river Axona in an attempt to capture the Roman redoubt, cut the bridge, and devastate the lands of the Remi.
Palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum. Hanc si nostri transirent1 hostes expectabant; nostri autem, si ab illis initium transeundi fieret, ut impeditos adgrederentur parati in armis erant.
There was a marsh, not large, between our army and that of the enemy. The enemy were waiting to see if our men would cross this; our men, on the other hand, were standing ready in arms so that, if the beginning of crossing should be made by them, they might attack them while impeded.
Interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur. Ubi neutri transeundi initium faciunt, secundiore equitum proelio nostris2 Caesar suos in castra reduxit.
Meanwhile, a cavalry battle was being fought between the two battle lines. When neither side made a beginning of crossing, Caesar led his men back into the camp, the cavalry battle being more favorable to our men.
Hostes protinus ex eo loco ad flumen Axonam contenderunt, quod esse post nostra castra demonstratum est.
The enemy immediately hastened from that place to the river Axona, which has been shown to be behind our camp.
Ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum traducere conati sunt eo consilio ut, si possent, castellum, cui praeerat Q. Titurius legatus, expugnarent3 pontemque interscinderent, si minus potuissent, agros Remorum popularentur, qui magno nobis usui4 ad bellum gerendum erant, commeatuque nostros prohiberent.
Having found fords there, they attempted to lead a part of their forces across with the design that, if they could, they might storm the redoubt which the lieutenant Quintus Titurius commanded and cut down the bridge, or, if they could not do so, they might devastate the lands of the Remi, which were of great use to us for carrying on the war, and cut off our men from supplies.
- 2.9.1si nostri transirent
Introduces an indirect question dependent on expectabant ("were waiting to see whether our men would cross"). The subjunctive imperfect transirent is used.
- 2.9.2secundiore equitum proelio nostris
secundiore... proelio is an ablative absolute. nostris is a dative of reference or relation ("favorable to our men").
- 2.9.4eo consilio ut... expugnarent
An appositive ut clause (noun clause) in apposition with the noun consilio, governing the imperfect subjunctives expugnarent and interscinderent in §2.9.4, as well as popularentur and prohiberent in §2.9.5.
- 2.9.5magno nobis usui
Double dative construction: nobis is the dative of reference ("to us"), and usui is the dative of purpose or service ("for use/service").