[*] 67.16. constiterat （from consisto）: NOT had stood, but had taken up a position, and so stood; cf. consuerint, 59 14; § 476 (279. e); B. 262. A; G. 241. R.; H. 538. 4 (471. 3); H-B. 487. [*] 67.18. ut coniungerent … inferrent: subst. clause, secondary obj of monuit; cf. 6 10, 59 10, and notes. — conversa, etc., should face about and charge the enemy in opposite directions （lit. bear turned standards against）. The two united thus formed a kind of hollow square. It is not necessary to suppose that the soldiers stood immediately back to back, though this is probable, in as much as the attack was on both flanks and in front. [*] 67.19. alii: dat. after a verbal phrase of helping （§ 367 (227); B. 187. ii. a; G. 346; H. 426. 1 (385. 1); H-B. 365. ftn. 1 2d par.） [*] 67.20. ne … circumvenirentur: cf. ne … adduceretur, 49 6. — aversi, in the rear （lit. while their backs were turned）. — ab hoste: collectively, in which sense the plu. is more common. [*] 67.22. legionum duarum: i.e. XIII and XIV; see plan, Fig. 35. [*] 67.24. colle: i.e. the site of the Roman camp. — Labienus: he, with legions IX and X, had been pursuing the Atrebates; see first lines of ch. 23. [*] 67.26. gererentur: indir. quest. [*] 67.27. qui: i.e. the soldiers of the tenth legion. [*] 67.28. esset: indir. quest. [*] 68.1. nihil … fecerunt, left nothing undone in the way of speed （i.e. hastened as fast as they could）. [*] 68.2. reliqui: a pred. gen. Various genitives of this sort are used with facere （§ 343. b (214. c); B. 108. 3; G. 369. R. 2; H. 447 (403); H-B. 340. a）.
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