Language focus: ablative absolute
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Primā lūce
Considius montem ab hostibus tenērī nuntiāvit. Quibus rēbus nuntiātīs
Caesar proelium eō tempore committere nōlēbat: suās cōpiās in proximum collem
subdūxit, aciem instrūxit. Inde hostēs secūtus tria milia passuum ab eōrum
castrīs castra pōnit. Posterō diē consiliō mūtātō, quod frūmentum
colligere voluit, iter ab Helvētiīs avertit atque Bibracte īre contendit. Ea
rēs per fugitīvōs hostibus nuntiāta est. Helvētiī Rōmānōs terrērī arbitrātī
impetūs in nostrōs ā tergō facere coepērunt.
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At first light
Considius reported that the mountain was being held by the enemy. When these
things had been reported, Caesar was unwilling to join battle at that time;
he led his forces onto the nearest hill and drew up his line of battle. From
there, having followed the enemy, he pitches camp three miles from their camp. On
the following day, after his plan had been changed, because he wished to
collect grain, he turned his march away from the Helvetii and pushed on to
Bibracte. This fact was reported to the enemy through deserters. The Helvetii,
thinking [literally: having judged] that the Romans were frightened, began to
make attacks on our men from the rear.
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