Friday, September 24, 2010

de bello gallico, 4.35 and 4.36, sentence 1

Caesar, although he was seeing that the same would be which had happened in previous days, that, if the enemies had been repelled, they would flee danger with speed, nevertheless having obtained around thirty horsemen, whom Commius Atrebas, about whom it was spoken before, had transported with him, he set his legions in battle line in front of the camp. With the battle having been joined, the enemy was not able to bear for a longer time the attack of our soldiers and turned their backs. Which, having followed in such a space as they were able to accomplish by the course and by their strength, they killed very many of them, then with all the buildings having been burned far and wide, they took themselves back into camp.

The same day envoys, having been sent by the enemy, came to Caesar about peace.

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