[*] 68.18. prope ad internecionem: the Nervii were not by any means exterminated. Three years later they revolted again （Bk. v. ch. 38）, and two years after that they sent a force of 5000 men to Alesia to relieve Vercingetorix （Bk. vii. ch. 75）. [*] 68.20. aestuaria: the country lying to the north, the modern Zealand, is low and marshy, cut up with bays and tide-water inlets. [*] 68.21. dixeramus: for tense, cf. note on the same word, 49 4. — cum: casual; cf. 57 1. — impeditum [esset], etc., here was no obstacle in the way of （lit. nothing hindered to） the conquerors. [*] 68.24. in … calamitate: gerundive construction. [*] 68.26. qui … possent: this would naturally be a characteristic subjv. in the dir. ; cf. 26 10. — quos: see note on 58 9. [*] 68.27. usus [esse]: § 582 (330. b); B. 332. b;G. 528. 1; H. 611. N. 2 (534. 1. N. 1); cf. H-B. 590. 2. — misericordiā （abl.）, mercy: it has been observed that Caesar's dealings with the Gauls were comparatively merciful for a Roman dealing with barbarians, but his cruelty seems to us atrocious. [*] 69.2. ut … prohiberent: subst. clause of purpose, obj. of imperavit; cf. this construction with that of uti iussit just before.
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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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