6 min read•june 18, 2024
Riya Patel
Jack Marso
Riya Patel
Jack Marso
As the problems of disembarking faded away, the Briton’s understanding of their geography proved to be another advantage against the Romans. Once the Romans made access to land, however, the Britons were over-matched in military strength and thought while the Britons pleaded for peace with the Romans. Peace was ultimately granted and the Roman intervention into their lands became apparent within these chapters.
**Check out Chapters 29-31 of Gallic War, Book 4! **
At Caesar, etsi nondum eorum consilia
cognoverat, tamen et ex eventu navium suarum
et ex eo quod dare intermiserant, fore id
quod accidit suspicabatur. Itaque ad omnes
casūs subsidia comparabat. Nam et frumentum
ex agris cotidie in castra conferebat et, quae
gravissime adflictae erant naves, earum
atque ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur, et
quae ad eas res erant usui ex
comportari iubebat
Eādem nocte accidit ut esset luna plena, qui dies
maritimos aestūs maximos in Oceano efficere
consuevit, nostrisque id erat incognitum. Ita uno
tempore et longas naves, quibus Caesar exercitum
transportandum curaverat, quasque in aridum
subduxerat, aestus complebat, et onerarias, quae ad
ancoras erant deligatae, tempestas adflictabat, neque
ulla nostris facultas aut administrandi aut auxiliandi
dabatur.
Translate these lines as literally as possible
That same night happened to be full moon, which often junctures very high tides in the ocean; and that condition was unknown to our men. Thus, simultaneously, the tide began to fill the warships as Caesar had on the condition to bring over his army, and which had drawn up on to dry land; and the storm initiated to toss the transport ships which were mounting at anchor against one another; nor had our troops means afforded them any chance of either managing them or of helping for any service.
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