De Bello Gallico V.42







Ab hāc spē repulsī Nerviī vāllō pedum IX et fossā pedum XV hīberna cingunt. Haec et superiōrum annōrum cōnsuētūdine ab nōbīs cognōverant et quōs clam exercitū habēbant captīvōs ab eīs docēbantur; sed nūllā ferrāmentōrum cōpiā quae esset ad hunc ūsum idōnea, gladiīs caespitēs circumcīdere, manibus sagulīsque terram exhaurīre vidēbantur. Quā quidem ex hominum multitūdō cognōscī potuit: nam minus hōrīs tribus mīlium pedum XV in circuitū mūnītiōnem perfēcērunt; reliquīsque diēbus turrēs ad altitūdinem vāllī, falcēs testūdinēsque, quās īdem captīvī docuerant, parāre ac facere coepērunt.


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