An open door to Caesar : the beginner's Caesar; being mainly the simplified text of the Bellum helveticum of the Commentaries . oluntati ac precibus condonet. Dumnorigem ad se vocat,fratrem adhibet; quae in eo reprehendat ostendit; quaeipse intellegat, quae civitas queratur, proponit; monet utin reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet; praeterita seDivitiaco fratH--condonare dicit. Dumnorigi custSdesponit, ut quae agat, quibuscum loquatur, scire possit. CONCLUSION 41 CONCLUSION The residue of Caesars account of the Helvetian warmay be briefly summarized. After the incident last re-corded, he f
An open door to Caesar : the beginner's Caesar; being mainly the simplified text of the Bellum helveticum of the Commentaries . oluntati ac precibus condonet. Dumnorigem ad se vocat,fratrem adhibet; quae in eo reprehendat ostendit; quaeipse intellegat, quae civitas queratur, proponit; monet utin reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet; praeterita seDivitiaco fratH--condonare dicit. Dumnorigi custSdesponit, ut quae agat, quibuscum loquatur, scire possit. CONCLUSION 41 CONCLUSION The residue of Caesars account of the Helvetian warmay be briefly summarized. After the incident last re-corded, he follows the enemy for several days, but owingto natural obstructions he cannot gain an advantageousposition to check the onward movement. At length lack offood compels him to turn aside to a city westward. TheHelvetii mistake this movement for signs of weakening orfear, and in turn become the pursuers, much to Caesarsunexpected advantage. The change precipitates a battlein which he defeats them with such loss as to precludefurther resistance. The remnant of the once proud andmighty host sadly returned to its mountain Galh 4- THE BEGINNERS C^SAR The following chapters, bringing the account of thetrouble with the Helvetians to a close, were omitted in theearlier edition of this hand-book. They now appear, notmerely for artistic unity, — that the student may read with-out interruption the chronicle of this initial campaign, —but because of the desire of teachers for matter, immedi-ately at hatid, to test the class in the comprehension andexposition of the original language of Caesar, without theintermediary aid of the adapted text. Hence, the follow-ing text appears verbatim, and syntactical references arelimited to the most obscure instances. 21. Eodem die ab exploratoribus certior f actus hostessub monte consedisse milia passuum ab ipsius castris octo,Caesar ar- qualis cssct natura montis et qualis in circuituharass the ascensus, qui cognoscerent misit. Renuntia-Heivet
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