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244.4. idoneum locum: i.e. where he can see everything. 244.5.

utrisque, etc., the thought is present to the minds of both parties that this is the time of all others best suited for the greatest exertion. 244.8.

si rem obtinuerint, if they (shall) gain the day. 244.11.

iniquumfastigium, the unfavorable downward slope of the ground (see 243 8). The Romans always aimed to have their camp where no higher ground could command it. 244.13.

agger: i.e. earth, stones, or anything else handy. 244.15.

occultaverant: i.e. the stimuli, scrobes, etc., described in ch. 73.


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