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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: 84 of 90
url: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/84/
cite: "Julius Caesar, tr. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, Gallic War — Book VII, section 84. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/84/"
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# Gallic War — Book VII

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

## 84. Book VII — Chapter 84

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/84/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-vii/84/#p-N

[¶0] Vercingetorix, having beheld his countrymen from the citadel of Alesia, issues forth from the town; he brings forth from the camp long hooks, movable pent-houses, mural hooks, and other things, which he had prepared for the purpose of making a sally.

> Latin: Vercingetorix ex arce Alesiae suos conspicatus ex oppido egreditur; crates, longurios, musculos, falces reliquaque quae eruptionis causa paraverat profert.

[¶1] They engage on all sides at once and every expedient is adopted. They flocked to whatever part of the works seemed weakest.

> Latin: Pugnatur uno tempore omnibus locis, atque omnia temptantur: quae minime visa pars firma est, huc concurritur.

[¶2] The army of the Romans is distributed along their extensive lines, and with difficulty meets the enemy in every quarter.

> Latin: Romanorum manus tantis munitionibus distinetur nec facile pluribus locis occurrit.

[¶3] The shouts which were raised by the combatants in their rear, had a great tendency to intimidate our men, because they perceived that their danger rested on the valor of others:

> Latin: Multum ad terrendos nostros valet clamor, qui post tergum pugnantibus exstitit, quod suum periculum in aliena vident salute constare:

[¶4] for generally all evils which are distant most powerfully alarm men's minds.

> Latin: omnia enim plerumque quae absunt vehementius hominum mentes perturbant.