[*] 45.25. alarios: the auxiliaries as distinguished from the legionary （Roman） troops. They were usually stationed on the wings of the line of battle; hence their name, from ala, a wing. [*] 45.26. pro: note the force of the prep. here as distinguished from its meaning in 46 1; cf. also 3 1. [*] 46.2. ad speciem, to make a show, as if the two legions were still there, while in fact they had joined the other force at the greater camp. — acie: of the legionaries alone. The six legions in battle array （triplici acie） presented a front of more than a mile in length. [*] 46.3. necessario: the necessity seems to have come from the fact that the tactics of the Germans demanded more room than a crowded stronghold could give. Rarely in ancient warfare was a fortified camp assailed. The usual way was to form two battle lines between the fortified camps. [*] 46.5. intervallis: § 412 (248); B. 220. 1; G. 399; H. 473. 3 (419. iii); H-B. 445. [*] 46.8. eo, thereon, i.e. the carts and wagons; cf. note on eo, 38 2. [*] 46.9. proficiscentīs, [the men] as they advanced （object of implorabant）.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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