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122.27. cohortibus x: i.e. two from a legion. 123.1.

navibus: dat. 123.3.

noctu: not nocte; see vocab. 123.5.

equitatu atque essedis: abl. of accomp. without cum; (§ 413. a (248. a. N.); B. 222. 1; G. 392. R. 1; H. 474. 2 (419. iii. 1. 1); H-B. 420.). — flumen: the Stour, which flows north-easterly through Canterbury. — superiore: the north bank is higher ground than the opposite. 123.11.

ipsipropugnabant, they themselves rushed out of the woods in small parties to fight. 123.12.

testudine facta et aggereadiecto: from the rapidity with which this agger was completed, it is evident that it was not the elaborate structure required in attacking more formidable defences, but more like that described in Bk. iii. ch. 25. We may also infer that the Bntish strong-hold was only rudely fortified.


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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.25
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