- 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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The sick centurion Publius Sextius Baculus risks his life to defend the gate, allowing the remaining soldiers time to recover and assume defensive positions.
Erat aeger cum praesidio relictus Publius Sextius Baculus, qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat, cuius mentionem superioribus proeliis fecimus, ac diem iam quintum1 cibo caruerat.
Publius Sextius Baculus, who had held the chief centurionship under Caesar, and whom we have mentioned in connection with previous battles, had been left sick with the garrison, and had already been without food for five days.
Hic diffisus suae atque omnium saluti2 inermis ex tabernaculo prodit: videt imminere hostes atque in summo esse rem discrimine: capit arma a proximis atque in porta consistit:
Despairing of his own safety and that of all, he comes out of his tent unarmed; he sees that the enemy are threatening and that the issue is in the greatest danger; he takes arms from those nearest him and stands in the gate.
consequuntur hunc centuriones eius cohortis quae in statione erat: paulisper una proelium sustinent.
The centurions of that cohort which was on guard follow him; for a short time they sustain the battle together.
Relinquit animus Sextium3 gravibus acceptis vulneribus: aegre per manus tractus servatur.
Sextius faints, having received severe wounds; with difficulty, being dragged along from hand to hand, he is saved.
Hoc spatio interposito reliqui sese confirmant tantum, ut4 in munitionibus consistere audeant speciemque defensorum praebeant.
This space of time having intervened, the rest recover themselves so far as to venture to stand on the fortifications and present the appearance of defenders.
- 6.38.1diem iam quintum
Accusative of duration of time, indicating the continuous period ('for five days now').
- 6.38.2diffisus suae atque omnium saluti
The perfect participle of the semi-deponent verb diffido (to despair of, distrust), which has an active meaning ('despairing of') and governs the dative case (suae atque omnium saluti).
- 6.38.4Relinquit animus Sextium
Literally 'the spirit (or consciousness) leaves Sextius,' which is a Latin idiom meaning 'Sextius faints' or 'loses consciousness.'
- 6.38.5tantum, ut...
The demonstrative adverb tantum ('so much') corresponds with the ut clause containing subjunctive verbs (audeant and praebeant) to express a clause of result ('to such an extent that...').