Characters
General and Writer of the De Bello Gallico
Julius Caesar
One literary device in these lines from Book 4: "Nam et navium figura et remorum motu et inusitato genere tormentorum permoti barbari constiterunt"
What is Polysyndeton or Tricolon?
fines, finum, m.
territories
“Caesar, consilio eius probato, … ” contains this grammatical structure.
Ablative Absolute
The area that Caesar conquered in DBG
What is Gaul?
Helvetian leader who supposedly committed suicide after escaping his trial
Orgetorix
The device in this line from Book 1: "ut igni cremaretur"
What is Litotes?
castra, castrorum, n.
camp
“Quod memoria tenebat L. Cassium consulem occisum… ” contains this grammatical structure.
Indirect Statement
The modern Swiss city which Caesar occupied to prevent the Helvetians from migrating
What is Geneva?
Caesar’s most trusted military leader
Titus Labienus
Device found in this line from Book 4: "plures paucos circumsistebant"
What is Word Picture?
hiems, hiemis, f.
winter
Is consulendi a gerund or gerundive: “Brevem consulendi esse occasionem.”
Gerund
River between Belgae and Germans
What is Rhine?
Arvernian leader who was defeated in the siege of Alesia
Vercingetorix
The device in this line from Book 1: "a cultu atque humanitate"
desilio, desilire, desilui, desultus
to jump down
Use of the subjunctive: “Dies natales et mensum et annorum initia sic observant ut noctem dies subsequatur”
(Adverbial) Result Clause
Mountain range bordering the Aquitani going down to Spain
Pyrenese
Leader of the Ebrones who ambushed and killed Cotta and Sabinus
Ambiorix
The device found in these lines from Book 4: "magna, id quod necesse erat accidere, totius exercitus perturbatio facta est"
What is Hyperbaton?
oportet
it is necessary
“Per suos fines eos ire paterentur” contains what use of the infinitive.
Complementary Infinitive
The location of the battle in which Vercingetorix was besieged
What is Alesia?