FIRST LATIN READER
Quo
125
dux quidam Gallorum, nomine Ambiorix, cum
facto,
exercitus tot in partes divlsus esset, Romanes 'iam demum facile superari posse ratus, una castra longinqua subito
impetus autem fortiter exceptus est a nostrls, confestim in fugam dederunt. hostium Qua quT equites spe deiecti, Gall! clamaverunt se colloquium velle quo audito, legati qui illls castrls praeerant, extra munitiones non est adortus
5
dubitaverunt e5s mittere, qui
cum Ambiorige colloquerentur.
LESSON A Ad colloquium
102
Parley with the
Enemy
missus est C. Arpineius, eques RSmanus,
Q. lunius, Hispaniensis, qui iam ante a Caesare ips5 saepe delectus erat, ut cum Ambiorige ageret.
10 et
Els,
cum
extra munltiones egress! essent, rex conflrmavit constituisse e5 ipso die omnia hiberna
Gallos universos
simul
Caesaris
oppugnare, ne qua legio
Gaul were numerous, and more or less independent of one another.
qua spe
5.
legion!
same con-
the
with
as
struction
alterl
desisto
(e.g.
In dividing his force for the winter, it was Caesar's idea, in view
p. 119,
of the scanty crops, to distribute more widely than usual among the
p.
Gallic tribes the burden of supplying the grain needed by his soldiers.
Caius (Gazus). eques Romanus a Roman knight, i.e. a member of the middle order
i.
cum:
3.
longinqua
causal.
7.
58, 8.
9.
translate freely, castris for syntax, 1.
3)
12.
eos C.
men. i.e.
Roman
particular
in the
camp (No. 4 on the map) was distant about two hundred miles from Caesar's headquarters at
10.
Q.
12.
rex:
13.
universos:
this
Samarobriva. 4.
Romans.
lit.
ally,
the story being told point of view of the
nostrls
from the
cf.
1.
ne
14.
state,
i.e.
Qulntus.
i.e.
Ambiorix. freely,
qua:
so
that no;
the note on quid, p. legid
gener-
what?
legion
(a
56,
1.
cf. i.
body of about
