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| Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar - Royer |
1. The Ambush of Sabinus and Cotta - Part 1 (Book 5, Chs.
24-29)
This commentary is meant to be a student’s first encounter
with unadapted Latin prose and is meant for a student who has successfully read
Woodford’s Epitome Caesaris, which ends immediately prior to this text. To
better help students, I have made two accommodations. First, the text has been
divided into “sense units” (the Acceleration Reader format of Fr. Claude Pavur
of St. Louis University) to help the student make sense of the Caesar’s often
long sentences. Second, I have rendered the extended indirect statement into
direct statement so that the novice reader does not get bogged down with
esoteric rules of the subjunctive.
Allen and Greenough’s 1898 commentary was referenced many
times in the making of this one.
Important: These commentaries are meant to be used in
conjunction with The 200. A list of the two hundred most common Latin words as
compiled by the Dickinson College Commentaries.
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