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τῶν δ᾽
ἀποστάντων οἱ μὲν παρωκεάνιοι πάντες ἀμαχεὶ προσεχώρησαν ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς
ἀγριωτάτους καὶ μαχιμωτάτους τῶν τῇδε, Νερβίους, ἐστράτευσεν, οἵπερ εἰς
συμμιγεῖς δρυμοὺς κατῳκημένοι, γενεὰς δὲ καὶ κτήσεις ἔν τινι βυθῷ τῆς
ὕλης ἀπωτάτω θέμενοι τῶν πολεμίων, αὐτοὶ τῷ Καίσαρι ποιουμένῳ χάρακα
καὶ μὴ προσδεχομένῳ τηνικαῦτα τὴν μάχην ἑξακισμύριοι τὸ πλῆθος ὄντες
αἰφνιδίως προσέπεσον, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἱππεῖς ἐτρέψαντο, τῶν δὲ ταγμάτων τὸ
δωδέκατον καὶ τὸ ἕβδομον περισχόντες ἅπαντας ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς ταξιάρχους,
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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