C. Iulius Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.30

The storm has left the Roman camp without ships, cavalry, or grain, and the British chiefs who came in to Caesar after the battle are meeting among themselves. The passage covers that council and what they think about the Roman position.

 

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prīncipēs Britanniae post proelium ad Caesarem vēnerant. nunc inter sē cōnsilium habuērunt.

 

Rōmānī equitēs nōn habēbant. nāvēs nōn habēbant. frūmentum quoque nōn habēbant. Britannī hoc intellēxērunt. castra quoque Rōmāna parva erant. itaque Britannī vīdērunt: paucī erant mīlitēs Rōmānī. castra enim parva erant quod Caesar legiōnēs portāverat sed rēs gravēs nōn portāverat.

 

tum Britannī rūrsus coniūrāvērunt. hoc cōnsilium cēpērunt: Rōmānīs frūmentum et cibum nōn dabimus. bellum longum erit. bellum in hiemem trahēmus. sīc enim crēdēbant: Rōmānōs superābimus, aut Rōmānī domum redīre nōn poterunt. tum nēmō posteā in Britanniam veniet. nēmō posteā Britannīs bellum īnferet.

 

itaque Britannī nōn simul ex castrīs discēdēbant, sed paucī. suōs quoque virōs ex agrīs dūcēbant, ita ut Rōmānī nōn vidērent.

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