Gallic War, Book 7

Caesar, De Bello Gallico VII

Vercingetorix unites Gaul against Rome: Avaricum, Gergovia and the siege of Alesia. 90 sections, 640 sentences, each with an English translation.

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Chapter 1Gaul plots while Caesar is in ItalyQuiētā Galliā Caesar, ut cōnstituerat, in Ītaliam ad conventūs agendōs…
Chapter 2The Carnutes volunteer to start the warHīs rēbus agitātīs profitentur Carnutēs sē nūllum perīculum commūnis salūtis…
Chapter 3The massacre at CenabumUbi ea diēs vēnit, Carnutēs Cotuātō et Conconnetodumnō ducibus, dēspērātīs…
Chapter 4Vercingetorix takes commandSimilī ratiōne ibi Vercingetorīx, Celtillī fīlius, Arvernus, summae potentiae…
Chapter 5The Bituriges go over to the revoltHīs suppliciīs celeriter coāctō exercitū Lucterium Cadurcum, summae hominem…
Chapter 6Caesar's problemHīs rēbus in Ītaliam Caesarī nūntiātīs, cum iam ille urbānās rēs virtūte Cn.…
Chapter 7Lucterius threatens the ProvinceInterim Lucterius Cadurcus in Rutēnōs missus eam cīvitātem Arvernīs conciliat.
Chapter 8Caesar crosses the CévennesHīs rēbus comparātīs, repressō iam Lucteriō et remōtō, quod intrāre intrā…
Chapter 9Caesar joins his legionsAt Caesar bīduum in hīs locīs morātus, quod haec dē Vercingetorīge ūsū ventūra…
Chapter 10The decision to marchMagnam haec rēs Caesarī difficultātem ad cōnsilium capiendum adferēbat, sī…
Chapter 11Vellaunodunum, Cenabum and NoviodunumAlterō diē cum ad oppidum Senonum Vellaunodūnum vēnisset, nē quem post sē…
Chapter 12Noviodunum changes sidesVercingetorīx, ubi dē Caesaris adventū cognōvit, oppugnātiōne dēstitit atque…
Chapter 13The cavalry fight; on to AvaricumCaesar ex castrīs equitātum ēdūcī iubet, proelium equestre committit:…
Chapter 14Vercingetorix's scorched-earth planVercingetorīx tot continuīs incommodīs Vellaunodūnī, Cēnabī, Noviodūnī acceptīs…
Chapter 15Avaricum is sparedOmnium cōnsēnsū hāc sententiā probātā ūnō diē amplius XX urbēs Biturīgum…
Chapter 16Vercingetorix harasses the foragersVercingetorīx minōribus Caesarem itineribus subsequitur et locum castrīs…
Chapter 17The siege of Avaricum begins; hunger in the campCastrīs ad eam partem oppidī positīs Caesar, quae intermissa ā flūmine et ā…
Chapter 18Caesar's march against Vercingetorix's campCum iam mūrō turrēs appropinquāssent, ex captīvīs Caesar cognōvit…
Chapter 19Caesar refuses battleCollis erat lēniter ab īnfimō acclīvis.
Chapter 20Vercingetorix answers a charge of treasonVercingetorīx, cum ad suōs redīsset, prōditiōnis īnsimulātus, quod castra…
Chapter 21The Gauls approve and reinforce AvaricumConclāmat omnis multitūdō et suō mōre armīs concrepat, quod facere in eō…
Chapter 22Gallic counter-measuresSingulārī mīlitum nostrōrum virtūtī cōnsilia cuiusque modī Gallōrum…
Chapter 23How the Gauls build their wallsMūrī autem omnēs Gallicī hāc ferē fōrmā sunt.
Chapter 24The Gauls set fire to the siege rampHīs tot rēbus impedītā oppugnātiōne mīlitēs, cum tōtō tempore frīgore et…
Chapter 25Gallic courage at the breachCum in omnibus locīs cōnsūmptā iam reliquā parte noctis pugnārētur, semperque…
Chapter 26The women raise the alarmOmnia expertī Gallī, quod rēs nūlla successerat, posterō diē cōnsilium cēpērunt…
Chapter 27The storming of AvaricumPosterō diē Caesar prōmōtā turrī perfectīsque operibus quae facere īnstituerat,…
Chapter 28The massacre at AvaricumHostēs rē novā perterritī mūrō turribusque dēiectī in forō ac locīs…
Chapter 29Vercingetorix consoles the GaulsPosterō diē conciliō convocātō cōnsōlātus cohortātusque est nē sē admodum animō…
Chapter 30The Gauls take heartFuit haec ōrātiō nōn ingrāta Gallīs, et maximē, quod ipse animō nōn dēfēcerat…
Chapter 31Vercingetorix rebuilds his armyNec minus quam est pollicitus Vercingetorīx animō labōrābat ut reliquās…
Chapter 32The Aedui ask Caesar to settle a disputeCaesar Avaricī complūrēs diēs commorātus summamque ibi cōpiam frūmentī et…
Chapter 33Caesar settles the Aeduan disputeCaesar, etsī ā bellō atque hoste discēdere dētrīmentōsum esse exīstimābat,…
Chapter 34Caesar marches on GergoviaHōc dēcrētō interpositō cohortātus Aeduōs, ut contrōversiārum ac dissēnsiōnis…
Chapter 35Caesar crosses the ElaverCum uterque utrimque exīsset exercitus, in cōnspectū ferēque ē regiōne castrīs…
Chapter 36Before GergoviaCaesar ex eō locō quīntīs castrīs Gergoviam pervēnit equestrīque eō diē proeliō…
Chapter 37Convictolitavis plots against RomeDum haec ad Gergoviam geruntur, Convictolitāvis Aeduus, cui magistrātum…
Chapter 38Litaviccus deceives his menLitaviccus acceptō exercitū, cum mīlia passuum circiter XXX ab Gergoviā…
Chapter 39Eporedorix warns CaesarEporēdorīx Aeduus, summō locō nātus adulēscēns et summae domī potentiae, et ūnā…
Chapter 40Caesar overtakes the Aeduan columnMagnā adfectus sollicitūdine hōc nūntiō Caesar, quod semper Aeduōrum cīvitātī…
Chapter 41The attack on Fabius's campCaesar nūntiīs ad cīvitātem Aeduōrum missīs, quī suō beneficiō cōnservātōs…
Chapter 42The Aedui turn on the RomansDum haec ad Gergoviam geruntur, Aeduī prīmīs nūntiīs ab Litaviccō acceptīs…
Chapter 43The Aedui begin to plot warInterim nūntiō allātō omnēs eōrum mīlitēs in potestāte Caesaris tenērī,…
Chapter 44An opening at GergoviaHaec cōgitantī accidere vīsa est facultās bene reī gerendae.
Chapter 45Caesar's feintHāc rē cognitā Caesar mittit complūrēs equitum turmās;
Chapter 46The Romans storm the Gallic campsOppidī mūrus ab plānitiē atque initiō ascēnsūs rēctā regiōne, sī nūllus…
Chapter 47The soldiers press on too farCōnsecūtus id quod animō prōposuerat, Caesar receptuī canī iussit legiōnīque…
Chapter 48The Gauls return in forceInterim eī quī ad alteram partem oppidī, ut suprā dēmōnstrāvimus, mūnītiōnis…
Chapter 49Caesar sends supportCaesar, cum inīquō locō pugnārī hostiumque augērī cōpiās vidēret, praemetuēns…
Chapter 50The deaths of Fabius and PetroniusCum ācerrimē comminus pugnārētur, hostēs locō et numerō, nostrī virtūte…
Chapter 51The Romans driven backNostrī, cum undique premerentur, XLVI centuriōnibus āmissīs dēiectī sunt locō.
Chapter 52Caesar rebukes his soldiersPosterō diē Caesar cōntiōne advocātā temeritātem cupiditātemque mīlitum…
Chapter 53Caesar leaves GergoviaHāc habitā cōntiōne et ad extrēmam ōrātiōnem cōnfirmātīs mīlitibus, nē ob hanc…
Chapter 54Eporedorix and Viridomarus leaveIbi ā Viridomārō atque Eporēdorīge Aeduīs appellātus discit cum omnī equitātū…
Chapter 55The Aedui seize NoviodunumNoviodūnum erat oppidum Aeduōrum ad rīpās Ligeris opportūnō locō positum.
Chapter 56Caesar crosses the LoireQuibus rēbus cognitīs Caesar mātūrandum sibi cēnsuit, sī esset in perficiendīs…
Chapter 57Labienus marches on LutetiaDum haec apud Caesarem geruntur, Labiēnus eō supplēmentō, quod nūper ex Ītaliā…
Chapter 58Labienus takes MetiosedumLabiēnus prīmō vīneās agere, crātibus atque aggere palūdem explēre atque iter…
Chapter 59Labienus decides to retreatIam Caesar ā Gergoviā discessisse audiēbātur, iam dē Aeduōrum dēfectiōne et…
Chapter 60Labienus deceives the enemySub vesperum cōnsiliō convocātō cohortātus ut ea quae imperāsset dīligenter…
Chapter 61The crossing of the SeineEō cum esset ventum, explōrātōrēs hostium, ut omnī flūminis parte erant…
Chapter 62The battle near LutetiaPrīmā lūce et nostrī omnēs erant trānsportātī, et hostium aciēs cernēbātur.
Chapter 63Vercingetorix chosen commander of all GaulDēfectiōne Aeduōrum cognitā bellum augētur.
Chapter 64Vercingetorix's plan and the attack on the ProvinceIpse imperat reliquīs cīvitātibus obsidēs diemque eī reī cōnstituit.
Chapter 65The Province defends itselfAd hōs omnēs cāsūs prōvīsa erant praesidia cohortium duārum et vīgintī, quae ex…
Chapter 66Vercingetorix urges a cavalry attackIntereā, dum haec geruntur, hostium cōpiae ex Arvernīs equitēsque quī tōtī…
Chapter 67The cavalry battleProbātā rē atque omnibus iūreiūrandō adāctīs posterō diē in trēs partēs…
Chapter 68The retreat to AlesiaFugātō omnī equitātū Vercingetorīx cōpiās, ut prō castrīs collocāverat, redūxit…
Chapter 69Alesia and the Roman siege worksIpsum erat oppidum Alesia in colle summō admodum ēditō locō, ut nisi obsidiōne…
Chapter 70The cavalry fight on the plainOpere īnstitūtō fit equestre proelium in eā plānitiē, quam intermissam collibus…
Chapter 71Vercingetorix sends away his cavalryVercingetorīx, priusquam mūnītiōnēs ab Rōmānīs perficiantur, cōnsilium capit…
Chapter 72The siege works describedQuibus rēbus cognitīs ex perfugīs et captīvīs, Caesar haec genera mūnītiōnis…
Chapter 73Traps before the linesErat eōdem tempore et māteriārī et frūmentārī et tantās mūnītiōnēs fierī…
Chapter 74The outer lineHīs rēbus perfectīs regiōnēs secūtus quam potuit aequissimās prō locī nātūrā…
Chapter 75The Gauls raise a relief armyDum haec apud Alesiam geruntur, Gallī conciliō prīncipum indictō nōn omnēs eōs…
Chapter 76Commius and the commandersHuius operā Commī, ut anteā dēmōnstrāvimus, fidēlī atque ūtilī superiōribus…
Chapter 77The speech of CritognatusAt eī, quī Alesiae obsidēbantur praeteritā diē, quā auxilia suōrum…
Chapter 78The Mandubii driven outSententiīs dictīs cōnstituunt ut eī quī valētūdine aut aetāte inūtilēs sunt…
Chapter 79The relief army arrivesIntereā Commius reliquīque ducēs quibus summa imperī permissa erat cum omnibus…
Chapter 80The cavalry battleCaesar omnī exercitū ad utramque partem mūnītiōnum dispositō, ut, sī ūsus…
Chapter 81The night attackŪnō diē intermissō Gallī atque hōc spatiō magnō crātium, scālārum, harpagōnum…
Chapter 82The traps do their workDum longius ab mūnītiōne aberant Gallī, plūs multitūdine tēlōrum prōficiēbant;
Chapter 83The weak point in the linesBis magnō cum dētrīmentō repulsī Gallī quid agant cōnsulunt;
Chapter 84Fighting everywhereVercingetorīx ex arce Alesiae suōs cōnspicātus ex oppidō ēgreditur;
Chapter 85The crisis at the upper campCaesar idōneum locum nactus quid quāque ex parte gerātur cognōscit;
Chapter 86Labienus sent to helpHīs rēbus cognitīs Caesar Labiēnum cum cohortibus sex subsidiō labōrantibus…
Chapter 87Caesar comes himselfMittit prīmō Brūtum adulēscentem cum cohortibus Caesar, post cum aliīs Gāium…
Chapter 88The relief army routedEius adventū ex colōre vestītūs cognitō, quō īnsignī in proeliīs utī cōnsuērat,…
Chapter 89Vercingetorix surrendersPosterō diē Vercingetorīx conciliō convocātō id bellum sē suscēpisse nōn suārum…
Chapter 90Winter quartersHīs rēbus cōnfectīs in Aeduōs proficīscitur;

Caesar, De Bello Gallico VII. 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.

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