- 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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Having suffered two defeats, the Gauls discover the vulnerability of the Roman camp on the northern hill and launch a surprise flank attack with sixty thousand elite troops led by Vercassivellaunus.
Bis magno cum detrimento repulsi Galli quid agant consulunt; locorum peritos adhibent: ex his superiorum castrorum situs munitionesque cognoscunt.
The Gauls, having been repulsed twice with great loss, consulted what they should do; they called in those who were well acquainted with the country, and from them learned the position and fortifications of the upper camp.
Erat a septentrionibus collis, quem propter magnitudinem circuitus opere1 circumplecti non potuerant nostri: necessario paene iniquo loco et leniter declivi castra fecerunt.
There was on the north a hill, which, on account of its great circumference, our men had not been able to surround with a fortification; they were obliged to construct their camp on ground almost disadvantageous and gently sloping.
Haec2 Gaius Antistius Reginus et Gaius Caninius Rebilus legati cum duabus legionibus obtinebant.
This camp the lieutenants Gaius Antistius Reginus and Gaius Caninius Rebilus occupied with two legions.
Cognitis per exploratores regionibus duces hostium LX milia ex omni numero deligunt earum civitatum quae maximam virtutis opinionem habebant;
Having reconnoitered the region through scouts, the leaders of the enemy selected sixty thousand from the entire number of those states which had the highest reputation for valor;
quid quoque pacto agi placeat occulte inter se constituunt; adeundi tempus definiunt, cum meridies esse videatur.
they secretly determined among themselves what should be done and in what manner; they fixed the time of attack for when it should appear to be noon.
His copiis Vercassivellaunum Arvernum, unum ex quattuor ducibus, propinquum Vercingetorigis, praeficiunt.
Over these troops they placed Vercassivellaunus the Arvernian, one of their four generals, a kinsman of Vercingetorix.
Ille ex castris prima vigilia egressus prope confecto sub lucem itinere3 post montem se occultavit militesque ex nocturno labore sese reficere iussit.
He, having set out from the camp at the first watch, and having almost completed his march just before dawn, concealed himself behind the mountain, and ordered his soldiers to refresh themselves after their night’s labor.
Cum iam meridies appropinquare videretur, ad ea castra quae supra demonstravimus contendit; eodemque tempore equitatus ad campestres munitiones accedere et reliquae copiae pro castris sese ostendere coeperunt.
When it now seemed that noon was approaching, he hastened toward that camp which we have mentioned above; and at the same time, the cavalry began to approach the fortifications on the plain, and the rest of the forces to show themselves in front of their camp.
- 7.83.2opere
Ablative singular of opus, functioning as an ablative of means. Here it refers to 'siege works' or 'fortifications' and modifies the infinitive circumplecti (to surround).
- 7.83.3Haec
Neuter plural accusative of the demonstrative pronoun hic, serving as the direct object of the transitive verb obtinebant. It refers back to castra (camp, a plurale tantum in Latin) in the preceding sentence, hence its plural form, though contextually representing a single camp.
- 7.83.7prope confecto sub lucem itinere
An ablative absolute construction prope confecto itinere (the march being almost completed), within which the temporal prepositional phrase sub lucem (just before dawn / toward daybreak) is embedded. The preposition sub with the accusative here denotes proximity in time ('just before').