8 min read•june 18, 2024
Jack Marso
Riya Patel
Jack Marso
Riya Patel
As night fell in the winter night, Roman warships were ruined by the ocean’s tides and no food was brought to the hungry Roman legions. The Britons understood the severity of their situation and planned on revamping the war effort upon the weakened. Romans or starving them out throughout the brutal winter. Although no war was waged, Caesar understood what could happen to them, and feverishly attempted to strengthen the Roman legions once more. Will the Roman legions be strong enough to fend off the healthy Britons? Let’s take a look!
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Caesar, etsi idem quod superioribus diebus acciderat fore videbat, ut, si essent hostes pulsi, celeritate periculum effugerent, tamen nactus equites circiter XXX, quos Commius Atrebas, de quo ante dictum est, secum transportaverat, legiones in acie pro castris constituit. Commisso proelio diutius nostrorum militum impetum hostes ferre non potuerunt ac terga verterunt.
Quos tanto spatio secuti quantum cursu et viribus efficere potuerunt, complures ex iis occīderunt, deinde omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis se in castra receperunt.
[Quibus rebus] perturbatis nostris [novitate] pugnae [tempore oportunissimo] Caesar auxilium tulit: namque [eius adventu] hostes constiterunt, nostri se [ex timore] receperunt. Quo facto, [ad lacessendum] hostem et [ad committendum] proelium alienum esse tempus arbitratus [suo] se [loco] continuit et brevi tempore intermisso [in castra] legiones reduxit.
Dum haec geruntur, nostris omnibus occupatis, qui erant [in agris] reliqui discesserunt
Translate these lines as literally as possible
When our troops were projected into uncertainty under these circumstances by the novel method of the fighting, Caesar brought assistance not a moment too soon; for his arrival caused the enemy to pause, and warranted our men to rebound from their fear. This done, he considered the time unfavorable for provoking and engaging the enemy in war; he, therefore, himself stood in his own quarter and, after briefly intervening, ushered the legions back into camp. Throughout these events, our troops were all actively occupied, and the Britons who were in the fields fled.
Well, that's all you need to know for Unit 4! We hope you enjoyed this book and reading the just as much as we did!
Now, we must return back to 's Aeneid and, similarly, read Book IV of that piece as well! We hope that you have learned something and feel comfortable with the material! Take care, and we will see you soon for unit 5.