. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. pemque reliqui temporis satis futurum : tantum esse nomenatque opinionem ejus exercitus, Ariovisto pulso, et hoc no-vissimo prcelio facto, etiam ad ultimas Germanorum natio-nes, uti opinione ° et amicitia Populi Romani tutip esse Navium magnam copiam ad transportandum exerci-tum pollicebantur. 17. Caesar his de causis, quas commemoravi, Rhenumtransire decreverat; sednavibus transire, neque satis tutumesse q arbitrabatur, 6 neque suae1- neque Populi Romani dig-nitatis k esse statuebat. Itaque, etsi summa difficultas fac
. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. pemque reliqui temporis satis futurum : tantum esse nomenatque opinionem ejus exercitus, Ariovisto pulso, et hoc no-vissimo prcelio facto, etiam ad ultimas Germanorum natio-nes, uti opinione ° et amicitia Populi Romani tutip esse Navium magnam copiam ad transportandum exerci-tum pollicebantur. 17. Caesar his de causis, quas commemoravi, Rhenumtransire decreverat; sednavibus transire, neque satis tutumesse q arbitrabatur, 6 neque suae1- neque Populi Romani dig-nitatis k esse statuebat. Itaque, etsi summa difficultas faci-endi pontis 7 proponebatur, propter latitudmem, rapiditatem,altitudinemque fluminis, tamenid1 sibis contendendum, aut » § 140, 1, 1st. e § 123, R. » § 141, Obs. 7. b§ 112 R. XVII. h§ 140,1,3d, & 0 § 129, R. « 112, 1. I § 145, R. p § 103, Obs. 6. * §112, R. I. k§108,R. XII. < 51,5. e 39, 9. I § 106, R. VIII. ■ 29, 1. t § 141, Obs. 2, 4th. ^§140,6. 8 113, &§ 147 PLAN OF THE BU1IJGE MADE OVER THE RHINE BY C^SAR,IN TEN *Mh<^^ h f FWnPftotia -Two riles each a foot and a half thick, joined to-etherbrarort nJSht f n™^ H °nG °( the- piIes det^hed. K. Form of the two pilesof fnrtv fK 1 B/i ° oppos,te piles similarly joined together, and at the distanceof forty feet down the river trom the other. C. Trabs bipedalis: Lane beam two ^SSSSS^ hT fhe UppeF t0 ,he lowcr pi,es l The ■«• beam fibula bina : Two braces fastening each pair of piles together, as seen at L„ oneon each sideAutrimqitey-the one brtpw, supporting the beanMfrate.) the other above itM. Fo m ol the brace detached. E E. Materies: Timbers laid from beam to beam,(directa.) lengthwise of the bridge. N. Longiirii: Spars laid across the timbersO. Crates: Hurdles laid over the spars. F. Sublica: Stakes sank in the river as but-tresses, and fastened (conjunct*.) to each lower pair of piles. G. Alia, sublica: Otherstakes driven in above the bridge, and separate from it
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