Civil War, Book 2

Caesar, De Bello Civili II

The siege of Massilia, the surrender of Further Spain, and Curio's disaster in Africa. 44 sections, 376 sentences, each with an English translation.

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Chapter 1The siege works at MassiliaDum haec in Hispāniā geruntur, C. Trebōnius lēgātus, quī ad oppugnātiōnem…
Chapter 2The town's artillerySed tantī erant antīquitus in oppidō omnium rērum ad bellum apparātūs tantaque…
Chapter 3Nasidius brings a fleetInterim L. Nāsidius ab Cn. Pompēiō cum classe nāvium xvi, in quibus paucae…
Chapter 4The Massiliots prepare to fight againMassiliēnsēs post superius incommodum veterēs ad eundem numerum ex nāvālibus…
Chapter 5The city watches from the wallsEōdem Brūtus contendit auctō nāvium numerō.
Chapter 6The second sea battleCommissō proeliō Massiliēnsibus rēs nūlla ad virtūtem dēfuit.
Chapter 7Defeat at seaSed Nāsidiānae nāvēs nūllō ūsuī fuērunt celeriterque pugnā excessērunt.
Chapter 8A brick tower by the wallEst animadversum ab legiōnāriīs, quī dextram partem operis administrābant, ex…
Chapter 9Raising the tower storey by storeyUbi turris altitūdō perducta est ad contabulātiōnem, eam in parietēs…
Chapter 10The musculusUbi ex eā turrī quae circum essent opera tuērī sē posse sunt cōnfīsī, mūsculum…
Chapter 11The enemy tower underminedQuō malō perterritī subitō oppidānī saxa, quam maxima possunt, vectibus…
Chapter 12Massilia begs for mercyQuā novā rē oblātā omnis administrātiō bellī cōnsistit, mīlitēsque āversī ā…
Chapter 13The truceQuibus rēbus commōtī lēgātī mīlitēs ex opere dēdūcunt, oppugnātiōne dēsistunt;
Chapter 14The truce broken: the works burnedAt hostēs sine fidē tempus atque occāsiōnem fraudis ac dolī quaerunt,…
Chapter 15A new rampart of brickTrebōnius ea quae sunt āmissa multō maiōre mīlitum studiō administrāre et…
Chapter 16Massilia gives up hopeQuod ubi hostēs vīdērunt, ea, quae diū longōque spatiō reficī nōn posse…
Chapter 17Varro wavers in Further SpainM. Varrō in ulteriōre Hispāniā initiō cognitīs iīs rēbus quae sunt in Ītaliā…
Chapter 18Varro prepares for warDīlēctum habuit tōtā prōvinciā, legiōnibus conplētīs duābus cohortēs circiter…
Chapter 19Spain turns against VarroItaque duābus legiōnibus missīs in ulteriōrem Hispāniam cum Q. Cassiō, tribūnō…
Chapter 20Varro surrendersHōc vērō magis properāre Varrō, ut cum legiōnibus quam prīmum Gādīs…
Chapter 21Caesar settles SpainCaesar cōntiōne habitā Cordubae omnibus generātim grātiās agit: cīvibus…
Chapter 22The surrender of MassiliaMassiliēnsēs omnibus dēfessī malīs, reī frūmentāriae ad summam inopiam adductī,…
Chapter 23Curio lands in AfricaĪsdem temporibus C. Cūriō in Āfricam profectus ex Siciliā et iam ab initiō…
Chapter 24The Cornelian CampCūriō Mārcium Uticam nāvibus praemittit;
Chapter 25Curio seizes the merchant fleetHōc explōrātō locō Cūriō castra Vārī cōnspicit mūrō oppidōque coniūncta ad…
Chapter 26Juba's auxiliaries routedHīs rēbus gestīs Cūriō sē in castra ad Bagradam recipit atque ūniversī…
Chapter 27Deserters and rumoursProximā nocte centuriōnēs Marsī duo ex castrīs Cūriōnis cum manipulāribus suīs…
Chapter 28Quintilius Varus appeals to Curio's menErat in exercitū Vārī Sex. Quīntilius Vārus quem fuisse Corfīniī suprā…
Chapter 29Fear in Curio's campAtque in castrīs Cūriōnis magnus omnium incessit timor animīs;
Chapter 30The council of warQuibus dē causīs cōnsiliō convocātō dē summā rērum dēlīberāre incipit.
Chapter 31Curio's speechCūriō utrumque improbāns cōnsilium, quantum alterī sententiae dēesset animī,…
Chapter 32Curio's speech to his troopsDīmissō cōnsiliō cōntiōnem advocat mīlitum.
Chapter 33The soldiers answer; both sides draw upQuā ōrātiōne permōtī mīlitēs crēbrō etiam dīcentem interpellābant, ut magnō cum…
Chapter 34The fight in the valleyErat vallis inter duās aciēs, ut suprā dēmōnstrātum est, nōn ita magna, at…
Chapter 35Fabius the Paelignian; the routQuā in fugā Fabius Paelignus quīdam ex īnfimīs ōrdinibus dē exercitū Cūriōnis…
Chapter 36Utica besieged; news of JubaPosterō diē Cūriō obsidēre Uticam vallōque circummūnīre īnstituit.
Chapter 37Curio withdraws to the Cornelian CampNūntiābantur haec eadem Cūriōnī, sed aliquamdiū fidēs fierī nōn poterat;
Chapter 38Curio is misled; the night attack on the NumidiansHīs cōnstitūtīs rēbus probātīsque cōnsiliīs ex perfugīs quibusdam oppidānīs…
Chapter 39Curio presses onCūriō cum omnibus cōpiīs quārta vigiliā exierat cohortibus v castrīs praesidiō…
Chapter 40Juba's trapIuba certior factus ā Saburrā dē nocturnō proeliō ii mīlia Hispānōrum et…
Chapter 41The battle on the plainQuibus ex locīs cum longius esset prōgressus, cōnfectō iam labōre exercitū xvi…
Chapter 42The death of CurioCūriō ubi perterritīs omnibus neque cohortātiōnēs suās neque precēs audīrī…
Chapter 43Panic in the campHīs rēbus cognitīs Mārcius Rūfus quaestor in castrīs relictus ā Cūriōne…
Chapter 44Juba's crueltyQuibus rēbus accidit, ut paucī mīlitēs patrēsque familiae, quī aut grātiā aut…

Caesar, De Bello Civili II. Latin text: R. du Pontet, C. Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum pars posterior (Oxford, 1901), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.

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