Caesar's De Bello Gallico 4.28 Flashcards
Hīs rebus pace confirmatā,
With peace having been confirmed with these matters,
post diem quartum quam est in Britanniam ventum naves XVIII,
on the fourth day after 18 ships came into Britain,
de quibus subrā demonstratum est,
about which was pointed out above,
quae equites sustulerant,
which had lifted the cavalry,
ex superiore portū lenī ventō solverunt.
and sailed in a light wind from a higher part.
Quae cum appropinquarent Britanniae et ex castrīs viderentur,
Which when they approached Britain and were seen from the camp,
tanta tempestas subitō coorta est ut nulla earum cursum tenere posset,
so great a storm suddenly arose so that none of them was able to hold course,
sed aliae eodem unde erant profectae referrentur,
but some were brought back to the same place from whence they had set out,
aliae ad inferiorem partem insulae,
others to the lower part of the island,
quae est propius solis occasum,
which is nearer to the setting of the sun,
magnō suō cum periculō deicerentur;
with their own great danger were thrown about;
quae tamen ancorīs iactīs cum fluctibus complerentur,
which nevertheless with anchors thrown were being filled with waves,
necessariō adversā nocte in altum provectae continentem petierunt.
necessarily with night opposed having been carried forward they sought the continent.