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De Bello Civili 1.77
Caesar sends the enemy soldiers back
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Read in LectitōBC 1.77.1Caesar, quī mīlitēs adversāriōrum in castra per tempus colloquī vēnerant, summā dīligentiā conquīrī et remittī iubet.
Caesar orders the soldiers of his opponents who had come into his camp during the time of the talks to be searched out with the greatest care and sent back.
Note. quī mīlitēs: 'the soldiers who', with the antecedent placed inside the relative clause. colloquī: deponent infinitive, 'to talk'.
BC 1.77.2sed ex numerō tribūnōrum mīlitum centuriōnumque nōnnūllī suā voluntāte apud eum remānsērunt.
But some of the military tribunes and centurions stayed with him of their own free will.
BC 1.77.2quōs ille posteā magnō in honōre habuit;
He afterwards held them in high honour;
BC 1.77.2centuriōnēs in priōrēs ōrdinēs, equitēs Rōmānōs in tribūnicium restituit honōrem.
the centurions he restored to their former ranks, and the Roman knights to the honour of military tribune.
Note. in tribūnicium … honōrem: Roman knights in the enemy army were given the rank of military tribune.
Vocabulary
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| mīles, mīlitis, m. | soldier |
| adversārius, -ī m. | opponent, enemy |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| colloquor (conloquor), -ī, -locūtus sum | talk with, confer |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| dīligentia, -ae, f. | care, diligence, industry |
| conquīrō, -ere, -quīsīvī, -quīsītum | search out, hunt down |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | send back; give up, remit |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| sed, conj. | but |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| tribūnus, -ī m. | tribune (tribūnus mīlitum: senior officer of a legion) |
| centuriō, -ōnis m. | centurion (officer commanding about 80 men) |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| nōnnūllus, -a, -um | not none, some, several |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| voluntās, -tātis, f. | wish, will |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| remaneō, -ēre, -mānsī | stay behind, remain |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| posteā, adv. | after this, afterwards |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| honor, -ōris, m. | honor |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| prior, prius | earlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front) |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| eques, equitis m. | horseman; (pl.) cavalry |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| tribūnicius, -a, -um | of a tribune; tribūnicia potestās: the tribunes' power |
| restituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set up again, put back, restore |