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AN EPISODE FROM THE CIVIL WAR (Caesar,

De

Bello Civlli, III, 95-98)

LESSON

129

49 B.C., Caesar marched some of his troops south into Italy, civil war between himself and Pompey (cf. the episode in Lessons 117-125), Pompey was taken by surprise, and re-

When,

in

and thus precipitated the

In the decisive battle of Pharsalus, fought there in tired into Greece. the following year, Caesar gained the first advantage, driving the Pompeians back to the shelter of their ramparts.

Caesar, Pompeianis ex fuga intra vallum compulsis, nullum spatium perterritis dari oportere existimans, milites cohortatus est ut benefici5 Fortunae uterentur castraque

5

nam ad oppugnarent. QuI, etsl magno aestu fatlgati meridiem res erat perducta tamen ad omnem laborem animo

paratl, imperio paruerunt. Castra a cohortibus, quae ibi praesidio erant relictae, Industrie defendebantur, multo etiam acrius a Thracibus

barbarisque 10 et

animo

auxiliis.

vallum:

1.

Nam

i.e.

of their

own

camp. 2. ritis

qui ex acie refrigerant milites,

perterriti et lassitudine confecti, missis plerique

spatium:

respite.

perter-

modifying els, supplied. dari oportere should be allowed

6. animo abl. of specification

translate freely. 7. castra: namely, of PomIndustrie adv., energetically. pey.

(oportet, 2, -uit, lit. it

4.

heat.

g.

aestus,

fatlgati:

i.e.

-us,

...

M.,

defessl (fa-

10.

midday.

and

-que: milites:

acie:

tigo, i).

meridiem: 5 here, res: engagement.

construe

with

acrius.

impersonal verb,

is fitting).

aestu:

multo

8.

i.e.

(cf.

dlmitto)

qui

milites, qui.

proelio.

lassitudine

lassitude, -inis,

missis: discarded

F., -weariness.

163

(other). el

i.e.

.

plerique

freely,