Gallic War, Book 2

Caesar, De Bello Gallico II

Caesar marches against the Belgae and fights the Nervii on the Sambre. 35 sections, 189 sentences, each with an English translation.

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Chapter 1The Belgae conspireCum esset Caesar in citeriōre Galliā in hībernīs, ita utī suprā dēmōnstrāvimus,…
Chapter 2Caesar marches northHīs nūntiīs litterīsque commōtus Caesar duās legiōnēs in citeriōre Galliā novās…
Chapter 3The Remi submitEō cum dē imprōvīsō celeriusque omnium opīniōne vēnisset, Rēmī, quī proximī…
Chapter 4The strength of the BelgaeCum ab iīs quaereret quae cīvitātēs quantaeque in armīs essent et quid in bellō…
Chapter 5The camp on the AisneCaesar Rēmōs cohortātus līberāliterque ōrātiōne prōsecūtus omnem senātum ad sē…
Chapter 6The attack on BibraxAb hīs castrīs oppidum Rēmōrum nōmine Bibrax aberat mīlia passuum VIII. Id ex…
Chapter 7Help for BibraxEō dē mediā nocte Caesar īsdem ducibus ūsus quī nūntiī ab Icciō vēnerant,…
Chapter 8Caesar prepares for battleCaesar prīmō et propter multitūdinem hostium et propter eximiam opīniōnem…
Chapter 9Stand-off at the marshPalūs erat nōn magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum.
Chapter 10The Belgae give upCaesar certior factus ab Titūriō omnem equitātum et levis armātūrae Numidās,…
Chapter 11The pursuitEā rē cōnstitūtā, secundā vigiliā magnō cum, strepitū ac tumultū castrīs…
Chapter 12NoviodunumPostrīdiē eius diēī Caesar, prius quam sē hostēs ex terrōre ac fugā reciperent,…
Chapter 13The Bellovaci surrenderCaesar, obsidibus acceptīs prīmīs cīvitātis atque ipsīus Galbae rēgis duōbus…
Chapter 14Diviciacus pleads for themPrō hīs Dīviciācus (nam post discessum Belgārum dīmissīs Haeduōrum cōpiīs ad…
Chapter 15The NerviiCaesar honōris Dīviciācī atque Haeduōrum causā sēsē eōs in fidem receptūrum et…
Chapter 16The Nervii wait at the SambreCum per eōrum fīnēs trīduum iter fēcisset, inveniēbat ex captīvīs Sabim flūmen…
Chapter 17A plan to ambush the columnHīs rēbus cognitīs, explōrātōrēs centuriōnēsque praemittit quī locum castrīs…
Chapter 18The ground by the SabisLocī nātūra erat haec, quem locum nostrī castrīs dēlēgerant.
Chapter 19The Nervii attackCaesar equitātū praemissō subsequēbātur omnibus cōpiīs;
Chapter 20Everything at onceCaesarī omnia ūnō tempore erant agenda: vēxillum prōpōnendum, quod erat…
Chapter 21Caesar rallies the menCaesar, necessāriīs rēbus imperātīs, ad cohortandōs mīlitēs, quam in partem…
Chapter 22Fighting in piecesĪnstrūctō exercitū magis ut locī nātūrā dēlēctusque collis et necessitās…
Chapter 23The left wing winsLegiōnis VIIII. et X. mīlitēs, ut in sinistrā parte aciēī cōnstiterant, pīlīs…
Chapter 24Panic in the campEōdem tempore equitēs nostrī levisque armātūrae peditēs, quī cum iīs ūnā…
Chapter 25Caesar in the front lineCaesar ab X. legiōnis cohortātiōne ad dextrum cornū profectus, ubi suōs urgērī…
Chapter 26The tide turnsCaesar, cum VII. legiōnem, quae iūxtā cōnstiterat, item urgērī ab hoste…
Chapter 27The courage of the NerviiHōrum adventū tanta rērum commūtātiō est facta ut nostrī, etiam quī vulneribus…
Chapter 28The Nervii surrenderHōc proeliō factō et prope ad interneciōnem gente ac nōmine Nerviōrum redāctō,…
Chapter 29The Atuatuci and their strongholdAtuatucī, dē quibus suprā dīximus, cum omnibus cōpiīs auxiliō Nerviīs venīrent,…
Chapter 30Mocking the siege towerAc prīmō adventū exercitūs nostrī crēbrās ex oppidō excursiōnēs faciēbant…
Chapter 31The Atuatuci ask for termsUbi vērō movērī et adpropinquāre mūrīs vīdērunt, novā atque inūsitātā speciē…
Chapter 32Caesar's answerAd haec Caesar respondit: sē magis cōnsuētūdine suā quam meritō eōrum cīvitātem…
Chapter 33The night attackSub vesperum Caesar portās claudī mīlitēsque ex oppidō exīre iussit, nē quam…
Chapter 34The coastal peoples submitEōdem tempore ā P. Crassō, quem cum legiōne ūnā mīserat ad Venetōs, Venellōs,…
Chapter 35Envoys and a thanksgivingHīs rēbus gestīs omnī Galliā pācātā, tanta huius bellī ad barbarōs opīniō…

Caesar, De Bello Gallico II. Latin text: T. Rice Holmes (Oxford, 1914), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.

Gallic War, Book 2

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