Bellum Hispaniense 10

B. Hisp. 10.1Īnsequentī lūce Arguetius ex Ītaliā cum equitātū vēnit.

At dawn the next day Arguetius arrived from Italy with cavalry.

Note. Īnsequentī lūce: 'at dawn next day'.

B. Hisp. 10.1Is signa Saguntīnōrum rettulit quīnque, quae ab oppidānīs cēpit.

He brought back five standards of the Saguntines, which he had captured from the townspeople.

Note. Saguntīnōrum: the people of Saguntum, on Spain's east coast, now apparently on Pompeius' side. ab oppidānīs: 'from the townspeople'.

B. Hisp. 10.2Suō locō praeteritum est, quod equitēs ex Ītaliā cum Asprēnāte ad Caesarem vēnissent.

It was passed over in its proper place that cavalry had come to Caesar from Italy with Asprenas.

Note. Suō locō praeteritum est: 'it was passed over in its proper place', the author's apology for forgetting an event; the arrival of Asprenas belongs earlier in the story.

B. Hisp. 10.2Eā nocte Pompēius castra sua incendit et ad Cordubam versus iter facere coepit.

That night Pompeius burned his camp and began to march in the direction of Corduba.

Note. ad Cordubam versus: 'in the direction of Corduba'; versus is an adverb here, strengthening ad.

B. Hisp. 10.3Rēx nōmine Indō, quī cum equitātū suās cōpiās addūxerat, dum cupidius agmen adversāriōrum īnsequitur, ā vernāculīs legiōnāriīs exceptus est et interfectus.

A king named Indo, who had brought his forces along with the cavalry, while pursuing the enemy's column too eagerly, was caught by the native legionaries and killed.

Note. Rēx nōmine Indō: 'a king named Indo', a Spanish chieftain on Caesar's side. dum … īnsequitur: dum with the present, 'while he was pursuing'. cupidius: 'too eagerly'. vernāculīs legiōnāriīs: the men of the 'native' legions (see 49).