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... miles ... ' . A Roman mile was a thousand ' double paces ' of five feet , but the Roman foot was just under an English foot so that a Roman mile was 1618 yards and 30 Roman miles equals 27 English miles . The distance from Boulogne to ...
... miles ... ' . A Roman mile was a thousand ' double paces ' of five feet , but the Roman foot was just under an English foot so that a Roman mile was 1618 yards and 30 Roman miles equals 27 English miles . The distance from Boulogne to ...
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... miles ' , which seems to mean ' were within a distance of a hundred miles ( of each other ) ' . But this is not true of Samarobriva and Aduatuca , which were much more than that distance apart ; some editors think that it means that ...
... miles ' , which seems to mean ' were within a distance of a hundred miles ( of each other ) ' . But this is not true of Samarobriva and Aduatuca , which were much more than that distance apart ; some editors think that it means that ...
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... mile in perimeter , the distance between it and the Gallic circumvallation was about a quarter of a mile ; but if the towers were eighty feet apart and the perimeter was about two miles , the distance between the two fortifications was ...
... mile in perimeter , the distance between it and the Gallic circumvallation was about a quarter of a mile ; but if the towers were eighty feet apart and the perimeter was about two miles , the distance between the two fortifications was ...
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ablative absolute Aduatuci adverb Aedui Ambiorix antecedent Ariovistus army ātis atque Atrebates attack battle Belgae Belgic Bellovaci Britain British Caesar Caesarem camp Carnutes Cassivellaunus castra causa cavalry celeritate Cicero Cingetorix circiter Cisalpine Gaul cohort command Commius conj consilio consilium copias Cotta Crassus dative depending Dumnorix Eburones eius enemy eorum erant erat esset factum Gallic Gallic War genitive haec hibernis hostium hunc iēci imperat impersonal passive indecl indirect statement Indutiomarus intr itum iubet Labienus legati legion legionaries legionibus loco locum magna means miles milia passuum militum mittit neque Nervii note on 24 omnes omnibus omnis ōnis oratio obliqua ōris ōrum partem perhaps posse posset prep pron quae quam quibus quid quod rampart rebus relative clause Remi Roman Sabinus Samarobriva senior centurions Senones sese ships soldiers subjunctive tamen Treveri tribe troops verb winter words