Gallic War, Book 3

Caesar, De Bello Gallico III

War in the Alps, the sea fight with the Veneti, and the conquest of Aquitania. 29 sections, 146 sentences, each with an English translation.

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Chapter 1Galba in the AlpsCum in Ītaliam proficīscerētur Caesar, Ser. Galbam cum legiōne XII. et parte…
Chapter 2The Gauls plan an attackCum diēs hībernōrum complūrēs trānsīssent frūmentumque eō comportārī iussisset,…
Chapter 3A council of warHīs nūntiīs acceptīs Galba, cum neque opus hībernōrum mūnītiōnēsque plēnē…
Chapter 4The attack on the campBrevī spatiō interiectō, vix ut iīs rēbus quās cōnstituissent conlocandīs atque…
Chapter 5A desperate sallyCum iam amplius hōrīs sex continenter pugnārētur, ac nōn sōlum vīrēs sed etiam…
Chapter 6Victory and retreatQuod iussī sunt faciunt, ac subitō omnibus portīs ēruptiōne factā neque…
Chapter 7A new war in the westHīs rēbus gestīs cum omnibus dē causīs Caesar pācātam Galliam exīstimāret,…
Chapter 8The Veneti seize the envoysHuius est cīvitātis longē amplissima auctōritās omnis ōrae maritimae regiōnum…
Chapter 9Preparations on both sidesQuibus dē rēbus Caesar ā Crassō certior factus, quod ipse aberat longius, nāvēs…
Chapter 10Why Caesar had to actErant hae difficultātēs bellī gerendī quās suprā ostendimus, sed tamen multa…
Chapter 11Caesar divides his forcesItaque T. Labiēnum lēgātum in Trēverōs, quī proximī flūminī Rhēnō sunt, cum…
Chapter 12The towns of the VenetiErant eius modī ferē situs oppidōrum ut posita in extrēmīs lingulīs…
Chapter 13The ships of the VenetiNamque ipsōrum nāvēs ad hunc modum factae armātaeque erant: carīnae aliquantō…
Chapter 14The sea battle beginsComplūribus expugnātīs oppidīs Caesar, ubi intellēxit frūstrā tantum labōrem…
Chapter 15The sea battle wonDēiectīs, ut dīximus, antemnīs, cum singulās bīnae ac ternae nāvēs…
Chapter 16The Veneti surrenderQuō proeliō bellum Venetōrum tōtīusque ōrae maritimae cōnfectum est.
Chapter 17Sabinus among the VenelliDum haec in Venetīs geruntur, Q. Titūrius Sabīnus cum iīs cōpiīs quās ā Caesare…
Chapter 18A trickHāc cōnfirmātā opīniōne timōris idōneum quendam hominem et callidum dēligit,…
Chapter 19Sabinus' victoryLocus erat castrōrum ēditus et paulātim ab īmō acclīvis circiter passūs mīlle.
Chapter 20Crassus in AquitaniaEōdem ferē tempore P. Crassus., cum in Aquītāniam pervēnisset, quae pars, ut…
Chapter 21The Sotiates surrenderPugnātum est diū atque ācriter, cum Sotiātēs superiōribus victōriīs frētī in…
Chapter 22Adiatunnus and his sworn menAtque in eam rem omnium nostrōrum intentīs animīs aliā ex parte oppidī…
Chapter 23The Aquitani prepare for warArmīs obsidibusque acceptīs, Crassus in fīnēs Vocātium et Tarusātium profectus…
Chapter 24The enemy hold backPrīmā lūce prōductīs omnibus cōpiīs duplicī aciē īnstitūtā, auxiliīs in mediam…
Chapter 25The attack on the campIbi cum aliī fossās complērent, aliī multīs tēlīs coniectīs dēfēnsōrēs vallō…
Chapter 26Victory over the AquitaniCrassus equitum praefectōs cohortātus, ut magnīs praemiīs pollicitātiōnibusque…
Chapter 27Aquitania surrendersHāc audītā pugnā maxima pars Aquītāniae sēsē Crassō dēdidit obsidēsque ultrō…
Chapter 28The Morini and MenapiiEōdem ferē tempore Caesar, etsī prope exācta iam aestās erat, tamen, quod omnī…
Chapter 29Winter quartersReliquīs deinceps diēbus Caesar silvās caedere īnstituit, et nē quis inermibus…

Caesar, De Bello Gallico III. 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 3

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