- 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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-30
After minor skirmishes near the water, both sides remain in their camps. Caesar orders his men to simulate fear by reinforcing the camp and running about, aiming to draw the enemy into a favorable position.
Eo die parvulis equestribus proeliis ad aquam factis utrique sese suo loco continent:
On that day, after minor cavalry skirmishes had taken place near the water, both sides kept themselves in their own position:
Galli, quod ampliores copias, quae nondum convenerant, exspectabant; Caesar, si forte timoris simulatione hostes in suum locum elicere posset, ut1 citra vallem pro castris proelio contenderet, si id efficere non posset, ut exploratis itineribus minore cum periculo vallem rivumque transiret. Prima luce hostium equitatus ad castra accedit proeliumque cum nostris equitibus committit.
the Gauls, because they were waiting for larger forces which had not yet assembled; Caesar, in order that, if by chance he could entice the enemy to his own ground by a simulation of fear, he might fight a battle in front of his camp on this side of the valley; or if he could not accomplish that, that, after exploring the routes, he might cross the valley and the river with less danger. At dawn the enemy’s cavalry approached the camp and engaged in battle with our cavalry.
Caesar consulto equites cedere seque in castra recipere iubet, simul ex omnibus partibus castra altiore vallo muniri portasque obstrui atque in his administrandis rebus quam maxime concursari et cum simulatione agi2 timoris iubet.
Caesar purposely ordered the cavalry to retreat and withdraw into the camp, and at the same time ordered the camp to be fortified on all sides with a higher rampart and the gates to be blocked up, and that in executing these things there should be as much running about as possible and that they should act with a simulation of fear.
- 5.50.2Galli, quod ... Caesar, si forte ... ut
Syntactically connected to utrique sese suo loco continent in the previous section. A causal clause (quod...) is applied to Galli, while final (purpose) clauses (ut... contenderet and ut... transiret) are applied to Caesar, with the verb sese continere understood. It symmetrically explains the motives of both sides for remaining in their positions.
- 5.50.5concursari et ... agi
Both are passive infinitives used impersonally, functioning as the complement (accusative with infinitive) of iubet. Literally meaning "to be run about" and "to be acted (with a simulation of fear)," they express Caesar's command for the soldiers to run about in confusion and to behave as if they were afraid.