- 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 Roman forces under Labienus defeat the enemy army commanded by Camulogenus after a fierce battle, overcome their guards, and reunite with Caesar via Agedincum.
Prima luce et nostri omnes erant transportati, et hostium acies cernebatur.
At dawn, both all of our men had been ferried over, and the enemy’s line of battle was in sight.
Labienus milites cohortatus1 ut suae pristinae virtutis et secundissimorum proeliorum retinerent memoriam atque ipsum Caesarem, cuius ductu saepe numero hostes superassent, praesentem adesse existimarent, dat signum proeli.
Labienus, having encouraged the soldiers to retain the memory of their ancient valor and most successful battles, and to imagine that Caesar himself, under whose leadership they had frequently overcome the enemy, was present in person, gives the signal for battle.
Primo concursu ab dextro cornu, ubi septima legio constiterat, hostes pelluntur atque in fugam coniciuntur;
At the first onset, on the right wing, where the seventh legion had taken its stand, the enemy are driven back and put to flight;
ab sinistro, quem locum duodecima legio tenebat, cum primi ordines hostium transfixi telis concidissent, tamen acerrime reliqui resistebant, nec dabat suspicionem fugae quisquam.
on the left, which position the twelfth legion held, although the first ranks of the enemy had fallen, transfixed by darts, yet the rest resisted most vigorously, nor did anyone give any suspicion of flight.
Ipse dux hostium Camulogenus suis aderat atque eos cohortabatur.
Camulogenus, the leader of the enemy himself, was present with his men and encouraged them.
Incerto nunc etiam exitu victoriae, cum septimae legionis tribunis esset nuntiatum quae in sinistro cornu gererentur, post tergum hostium legionem ostenderunt signaque intulerunt.
While the outcome of victory was even now uncertain, when it was reported to the tribunes of the seventh legion what was going on on the left wing, they showed their legion behind the enemy’s rear and charged.
Ne eo quidem tempore quisquam loco cessit, sed circumventi omnes interfectique sunt.
Not even at that time did anyone yield from his ground, but all were surrounded and slain.
Eandem fortunam tulit Camulogenus. At ei qui praesidio contra castra Labieni erant relicti, cum proelium commissum audissent, subsidio suis2 ierunt collemque ceperunt, neque nostrorum militum victorum impetum sustinere potuerunt.
Camulogenus met the same fate. But those who had been left as a guard opposite the camp of Labienus, when they heard that the battle was joined, went as a reinforcement to their men and took possession of a hill, but could not withstand the onset of our victorious soldiers.
Sic cum suis fugientibus permixti, quos non silvae montesque texerunt,3 ab equitatu sunt interfecti.
Thus, mixed with their fleeing comrades, those whom the woods and mountains did not shelter were slain by the cavalry.
hoc negotio confecto Labienus revertitur Agedincum, ubi impedimenta totius exercitus relicta erant: inde cum omnibus copiis ad Caesarem pervenit.
This business being completed, Labienus returns to Agedincum, where the baggage of the entire army had been left; thence he reaches Caesar with all his forces.
- 7.62.2cohortatus
Perfect participle of the deponent verb cohortor, which has an active meaning ('having encouraged').
- 7.62.8subsidio suis
Double dative construction consisting of the dative of purpose subsidio ('as a reinforcement') and the dative of reference suis ('for their men').
- 7.62.9quos non silvae montesque texerunt
The antecedent of the relative pronoun quos (such as ei) is omitted. This relative clause limits the subject of the main clause.