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Julius Caesar · Gallic War §8.45.1-8.45.2

Labienus's Cavalry Victory over the Treveri

Passage 394 of 404 · Latin

Summary

Reports Labienus's victory in a cavalry engagement against the Treveri and the capture of their leaders, including Surus the Aeduan, who was the last of his tribe to remain in arms.

§8.45.1Labienus interim in Treveris equestre proelium facit secundum compluribusque Treveris interfectis et Germanis, qui nullis adversus Romanos auxilia denegabant, principes eorum vivos redigit in suam potestatem §8.45.2atque in his Surum Aeduum, qui et virtutis et generis summam nobilitatem habebat solusque ex Aeduis ad id tempus permanserat in armis.
Meanwhile, Labienus fought a successful cavalry engagement in the territory of the Treveri, and after many of the Treveri and the Germans—who refused aid to no one against the Romans—were slain, he brought their leaders alive into his power, and among these Surus the Aeduan, who possessed the highest distinction both for his valor and his birth, and was the only one of the Aedui who had remained in arms up to that time.

Notes

  1. 8.45.1nullis — Dative plural, functioning as the indirect object of the verb denegabant. Combined with adversus Romanos, it means 'to no one (who asked for aid) against the Romans'.
  2. 8.45.2Surum Aeduum — Accusative. It is in apposition to or continuation of the object of the verb redigit (principes eorum vivos) from the previous sentence, introduced by in his.

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Julius Caesar, Gallic War §8.45.1-8.45.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:8.45.1-8.45.2

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