5As Caesar himself was about to move his lines of legionaries, and was already going forward into action, he saw first one of his centurions, a man experienced in war and faithful to him, encouraging his men and challenging them to vie with him in prowess. Him Caesar addressed by name and said: “Caius Crassinius,79In Caesar’s version of this episode (B.C. iii. 91 and 99), the name is Crastinus. what are our hopes, and how does our confidence stand?”
Notes
[79] In Caesar’s version of this episode (B.C. iii. 91 and 99), the name is Crastinus.