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Notes Display Latin text | Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Book II Chapter 18: War with the Belgae. The camp.[57 BC] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
The nature of the ground which our men had chosen for the camp was this: A hill, declining evenly from the top, extending to the river Sambre, which we have mentioned above: from this river there arose a [second] hill of like ascent, on the other side and opposite to the former, and open for about 200 paces at the lower part; but in the upper part, woody, (so much so) that it was not easy to see through it into the interior. Within these woods the enemy kept themselves in concealment; a few troops of horse-soldiers appeared on the open ground, along the river. The depth of the river was about three feet. Event: War with the Belgae |