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title: "Gallic War — Book VII"
author: "Julius Caesar"
translator: "W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 51 of 90
url: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/51/
cite: "Julius Caesar, tr. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, Gallic War — Book VII, section 51. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/51/"
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# Gallic War — Book VII

*Julius Caesar, tr. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn*

## 51. Book VII — Chapter 51

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/51/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/51/#p-N

[¶0] Our soldiers, being hard pressed on every side, were dislodged from their position, with the loss of forty-six centurions; but the tenth legion, which had been posted in reserve on ground a little more level, checked the Gauls in their eager pursuit.

> Latin: Nostri, cum undique premerentur, XLVI centurionibus amissis deiecti sunt loco. Sed intolerantius Gallos insequentes legio decima tardavit, quae pro subsidio paulo aequiore loco constiterat.

[¶1] It was supported by the cohorts of the thirteenth legion, which, being led from the smaller camp, had, under the command of Titus Sextius, occupied the higher ground.

> Latin: Hanc rursus XIII legionis cohortes exceperunt, quae ex castris minoribus eductae cum Tito Sextio legato ceperant locum superiorem.

[¶2] The legions, as soon as they reached the plain, halted and faced the enemy.

> Latin: Legiones, ubi primum planitiem attigerunt, infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt.

[¶3] Vercingetorix led back his men from the part of the hill within the fortifications. On that day little less than seven hundred of the soldiers were missing.

> Latin: Vercingetorix ab radicibus collis suos intra munitiones reduxit. Eo die milites sunt paulo minus septingenti desiderati.