Happy Latin: Caesar's Battles快乐拉丁语：凯撒的战役Hour 27 · Uxellodunum & Aftermath · DBG 8.32–44第二十七课·乌克塞洛杜诺姆与战后惩戒·DBG 8.32–44

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Comparative & superlative forms in this passage本段比较级与最高级形式

1. S. 1 — ulteriōrēs (Ac.p.m., comp. of ulter) — "further" — modifying fīnēs: "into the further territory of the Gauls."
2. S. 1 — difficillima (N.s.f., sup. of difficilis; -lis irregular: -limus not -issimus) — "most difficult" — modifying pāx.
3. S. 2 — firmissimum (Ac.s.n., sup. of firmus) — "strongest" — modifying oppidum; absolute use ("a very firm town").
4. S. 2 — altissimā (Abl.s.f., sup. of altus) — "highest" — modifying rūpe.
5. S. 2 — fortius (n.s.n. of fortior, used as adv.) — "more strongly" — followed by quam alia oppida (comparison particle).
6. S. 3 — ferōciōrem (Ac.s.f., comp. of ferōx) — "fiercer" — modifying obsidiōnem.
7. S. 3 — sapientiōrem (Ac.s.f., comp. of sapiēns) — "wiser" — second member of the nōn... sed antithesis.
8. S. 4 — altissimīs (Abl.p.f., sup.) — "very high" — modifying rūpibus.
9. S. 5 — maximōs (Ac.p.m., IRR. sup. of magnus) — "largest, very large" — modifying cunīculōs.
10. S. 5 — difficillimum (N.s.n., sup., -lis irregular) — "most difficult" — modifying opus.
11. S. 6 — siccissimus (N.s.m., sup. of siccus) — "driest" — predicate of fōns... factus est: "the spring became completely dry."
12. S. 6 — maius (Ac.s.n., IRR. comp. of magnus) — "greater" — modifying perīculum, followed by quam ūllum prius.
13. S. 7 — longiōre (Abl.s.f., comp. of longus) — "longer" — modifying obsidiōne: "in a longer siege the water had always sufficed."
14. S. 7 — fortiōrēs (Ac.p.m., comp. of fortis) — "stronger" — predicate of indirect statement deōs Rōmānōs fortiōrēs deīs suīs esse; followed by ablative of comparison deīs suīs "than their own gods."
15. S. 8 — meliōre (Abl.s.m., IRR. comp. of bonus) — "better" — abl. with nūllō modō "by no better way."
16. S. 9 — gravissimī (Gen.s.n., sup. of gravis) — "most serious" — modifying exemplī: "for the sake of a most serious example."
17. S. 9 — pessimum (Ac.s.n., IRR. sup. of malus) — "worst" — predicate of indirect statement: "the worst example of hostility."
18. S. 10 — crūdēlius (n.s.n. of crūdēlior) — "more cruel" — modifying hoc supplicium, followed by quam interfectiō. The preceding multō is abl. of degree of difference: "by much more cruel."
19. S. 11 — acerrimum (N.s.n., sup. of ācer; -er irregular: -errimus) — "fiercest" — modifying bellum.
20. S. 11 — maximīs (Abl.p.f., IRR. sup. of magnus) — "greatest" — modifying cōpiīs: "with the greatest forces."
21. S. 11 — minimō (Abl.s.n., IRR. sup. of parvus) — "smallest, very little" — modifying tempore: "in the shortest time."
22. S. 11 — maximā (Abl.s.f., IRR. sup. of magnus, second occurrence) — modifying victōriā: "in the greatest victory."
23. S. 12 — optimus (N.s.m., IRR. sup. of bonus) — "best" — modifying Caesar: "the best general."
24. S. 12 — crūdēlissimus (N.s.m., sup. of crūdēlis) — "cruellest" — second epithet of Caesar: "and the cruellest victor."

Distribution by type: 9 regular superlatives, 6 IRREGULAR comparisons (all six families represented: melior from bonus, pessimum from malus, maius/maximus/maximīs/maximā from magnus, minimō from parvus, optimus from bonus sup.), 5 regular comparatives, 2 special superlatives (difficillima/difficillimum from -lis, acerrimum from -er). Plus 1 abl. of comparison (s. 7 deīs suīs) and 1 abl. of degree of difference (s. 10 multō). All six irregular comparisons appear in a single passage.

A note on Hirtius — the continuator关于希尔提乌斯，续撰者的提示

Book 8 of De Bello Gallico is not by Caesar. Caesar wrote Books 1–7, ending with Alesia (Hour 26). Caesar was assassinated in March 44 BC. Sometime between Caesar's death and his own (Hirtius died in April 43 BC at the battle of Mutina), Aulus Hirtius — Caesar's longtime secretary, propraetor in Gaul in 47 BC, and consul-designate for 43 BC — wrote Book 8 as a continuation. The dedicatory preface explicitly says: "You [Balbus] are urging me daily and almost reproachfully to write... lest the events between Caesar's last book and his own death remain unrecorded." Hirtius admits he writes "with great difficulty" — he is conscious of imitating a master. Modern readers can detect the difference: Hirtius is more open about his admiration for Caesar, more open about the brutality of the campaign, and uses fewer of Caesar's subtler rhetorical effects (the famous third-person self-narration, the careful indirect statement). Hirtius is Caesar's most faithful student writing in Caesar's voice. The Uxellodunum hand-cutting episode is exactly the kind of moment Caesar himself would have softened — Hirtius leaves it stark.《高卢战记》第八卷非凯撒所撰。凯撒亲撰第一至七卷，以阿莱西亚收束（第二十六课）。凯撒于公元前 44 年三月遇刺。介于凯撒之死与希尔提乌斯本人之死（公元前 43 年四月于摩底拿之战阵亡）之间的某时，奥卢斯·希尔提乌斯：凯撒长期的秘书、公元前 47 年的高卢副帅、43 年的当选执政官，续撰第八卷。献辞序言明言："您[巴尔布斯]日日催促、几近责备地督促我写……以免凯撒最后一卷至其死之间的事件无可凭记。"希尔提乌斯坦承自己"勉力为之"，他意识到自己在模仿宗师。现代读者可察觉差异：希尔提乌斯更公开地表达对凯撒的钦佩、更公开地写战役的残酷、较少使用凯撒细腻的修辞效果（著名的第三人称自叙、谨慎的间接叙述）。希尔提乌斯是凯撒最忠实的学生，以凯撒之声撰写。乌克塞洛杜诺姆截手一节，正是凯撒本人会软化处理的时刻，希尔提乌斯则直白呈现。

A note on the end of the Gallic War关于高卢战争收束的提示

By the time Uxellodunum falls (autumn 51 BC), the Gallic war is over in everything but name. Caesar's seven-year campaign that began with the Helvetian crossing of the Arar (Hour 1, March 58 BC) ends here. What follows in Roman history is the unraveling of the Republic. Caesar will not return to Gaul; he will cross the Rubicon in January 49 BC and march on Rome, triggering the civil war against Pompey. Vercingetorix waits in the Mamertine prison in Rome for six more years; in September 46 BC, he walks before Caesar's triumphal chariot — quadruple triumph: Gallic, Egyptian, Pontic, African — and is then ritually strangled. Six months later, Caesar himself is dead, stabbed on the Ides of March 44 BC. Hirtius, writing Book 8 in 44 or 43 BC, knows all of this. The end of the Gallic war and the end of the Republic are, from his vantage, a single arc. Reading Hirtius is reading the moment when one phase of Roman history closes and another begins.乌克塞洛杜诺姆陷落（公元前 51 年秋）之时，高卢战争除名义之外已结束。凯撒自赫尔维提人跨越阿拉河（第一课，公元前 58 年三月）开始的七年征战，至此告终。罗马史中接踵而来者，乃共和制之解体。凯撒不再返高卢；他将于公元前 49 年一月跨越卢比孔河、进军罗马，触发对庞培之内战。维钦格托里克斯在罗马马美尔丁监狱再等六年；公元前 46 年九月，他走于凯撒凯旋战车之前，四重凯旋：高卢、埃及、本都、非洲，然后被仪式绞死。半年后，凯撒本人亦死，被刺杀于公元前 44 年三月之中。希尔提乌斯于公元前 44 或 43 年撰写第八卷时，已知所有此事。高卢战争之终与共和国之终，从他的视角看，是同一条弧线。读希尔提乌斯，即读罗马史一阶段闭合、另一阶段开启之刻。

Cumulative XP & rank累计经验值与军衔

Cumulative XP across Hours 1–27 continues to advance you up the Cursus Honorum.第 1–27 课累计经验值继续沿晋升阶梯攀升。