Julius Caesar, Civil War, ed. William Duncan, 1.47

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Yet such were the circumstances of this day’s action, that both sides laid claim to the victory; the Afranians, because, though allowed to be inferior in number, they had long sustained our attack, kept possession of the eminence which occasioned the dispute, and obliged our men at first to give ground: Caesar’s troops, because they had maintained a fight of five hours, with a handful of men, and in a very disadvantageous post; because they had attacked the mountain sword in hand ; because they had driven their adversaries from the higher ground, and compelled them to take shelter in the town. Meantime Afranius fortified the hillock which had been the subject of dispute, with a great number of works, and posted there a large body of troops.

Civil War. Julius Caesar. ed. William Duncan. St. Louis. 1856.

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Commentaries on the Civil War (English) (Julius Caesar. The Commentaries of Caesar. Duncan, William, translator. St. Louis: Edwards and Bushnell, 1856.)

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De Bello Civili Perseus (Julius Caesar. C. Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum Pars Posterior Qua Continentur Libri III De Bello Civili. Du Pontet, Renatus, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901.) — 1.47.1 focus

[1] Sed haec eius diei praefertur opinio, ut se utrique superiores discessisse existimarent;

[2] Afraniani, quod cum esse omnium iudicio inferiores viderentur, comminus tamdiu stetissent et nostrorum impetum sustinuissent et initio locum tumulumque tenuissent, quae causa pugnandi fuerat, et nostros primo congressu terga vertere coegissent;

[3] nostri autem, quod iniquo loco atque impari congressi numero quinque horis proelium sustinuissent, quod montem gladiis destrictis ascendissent, quod ex loco superiore terga vertere adversarios coegissent atque in oppidum compulissent.

[4] illi eum tumulum, pro quo pugnatum est, magnis operibus muniverunt praesidiumque ibi posuerunt.

The Civil Wars Perseus (Julius Caesar. The Civil Wars. Peskett, Arthur George, editor. London, UK: William Heinemann; New York, NY, 1914.) — 1.47 focus

Sed haec eius diei praefertur opinio, ut se utrique superiores discessisse existimarent: Afraniani, quod, cum esse omnium iudicio inferiores viderentur, comminus tum diu stetissent et nostrorum impetum sustinuissent et initio locum tumulumque tenuissent, quae causa pugnandi fuerat, et nostros primo congressu terga vertere coegissent; nostri autem, quod iniquo loco atque impari congressi numero quinque horis proelium sustinuissent, quod montem gladiis destrictis ascendissent, quod ex loco superiore terga vertere adversarios coegissent atque in oppidum compulissent. Illi eum tumulum, pro quo pugnatum est, magnis operibus munierunt praesidiumque ibi posuerunt.

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The Civil Wars Perseus (Julius Caesar. The Civil Wars. Peskett, Arthur George, translator. London, UK: William Heinemann; New York, NY, 1914.) — 1.47 focus

But the commonly received view of the day’s events was that each side thought it had come off superior; the Afranians because, though they were generally deemed inferior, they had stood their ground so long in close combat and borne the assault of our men, and at the outset held the position and the mound which had been the object of the battle, and at the first encounter had compelled our men to retreat; our troops, on the other hand, claimed the victory because, engaging the foe on unfavourable ground and with unequal number, they had sustained the fight for five hours, had mounted the hill with drawn swords, had compelled their adversaries to retreat from a higher position, and had driven them into the town. The enemy fortified the hill, for possession of which they had fought, with great works, and placed a garrison on it.

Julius Caesar Civil War 1.47

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