Stylistic Features 10-22

Question 1

ei quibus…ullus datur

Answer 1

Criminals were the lowest class in Celtic society 
Weren’t imprisoned but lost civil rights and were excommunicated from their people

‘Contagione’ anyone who went near them might get infected but their wickedness, like attitude to lepers in ancient times

Question 2

imporium ac scelestorum

Answer 2

double description - emphasis

Such outcasts from Celtic society were completely shunned, lowest of low

Question 3

auditum sermonemque fugiunt

Answer 3

Simple, yet, highly effective description of how lawbreakers were treated
Caesar’s stylistic art often direct and compressed.

Question 4

summam…auctoritatem

Answer 4

Phrase envelopes clause PARENTHESIS

Dominant noun sitting at end of sentence - emphasis

Question 5

disciplina

Answer 5

Fullsome word - all inclusive

Line 19 - Body of knowledge, system of belief, way of life

Line 26 - instruction in the wisdom and knowledge of Druids and place it was given

Question 6

in britannia reperta

Answer 6

General opinion not Caesar’s own
Druidism may have been imported into Britain and flourished so much it was thought to have originated there
No trace of Druidism in Gaul supports this belief. Conquering celts may have adopted Druidism on reaching Britain
Some authorities disagree, arguing Druids were unifying force or Celtic word