[543]
Marching
along the bank.
Tacitus
It turned most of the
water into the Lek, thus making the island easily accessible
from the Roman side and barring access from the north. Civilis
now reversed this position. His friends were now on the north.
The swollen Waal would be an obstacle to the Romans.
[537] i. e. the Waal.
[538] See iii. 35.
[539] These places cannot be certainly identified. They must
have lain on the south of the Waal, probably east and west of
Nymwegen.
[540] Across the now swollen Waal.
[541] See iv. 70.
[542] Which he had found on his way.
[543] Marching along the bank.
[544] Pitched on the left bank somewhere between Novaesium and
Vetera. The German assailants were probably Tencteri.
[545] Dividing the different portions of the camp.
[546] Cp. iv. 61.
[547] Cp. ii. 16.
[548] See chap. 22 and iv. 16 and 79. But the ships captured
by Civilis were not small craft. Perhaps _luntres_ is here
repeated from the preceding sentence by mistake for _naves_ or
_puppes_.
[549] The de Noord channel carries the combined waters of the
Maas and the Waal into the Lek a few miles above Rotterdam.
water into the Lek, thus making the island easily accessible
from the Roman side and barring access from the north. Civilis
now reversed this position. His friends were now on the north.
The swollen Waal would be an obstacle to the Romans.
[537] i. e. the Waal.
[538] See iii. 35.
[539] These places cannot be certainly identified. They must
have lain on the south of the Waal, probably east and west of
Nymwegen.
[540] Across the now swollen Waal.
[541] See iv. 70.
[542] Which he had found on his way.
[543] Marching along the bank.
[544] Pitched on the left bank somewhere between Novaesium and
Vetera. The German assailants were probably Tencteri.
[545] Dividing the different portions of the camp.
[546] Cp. iv. 61.
[547] Cp. ii. 16.
[548] See chap. 22 and iv. 16 and 79. But the ships captured
by Civilis were not small craft. Perhaps _luntres_ is here
repeated from the preceding sentence by mistake for _naves_ or
_puppes_.
[549] The de Noord channel carries the combined waters of the
Maas and the Waal into the Lek a few miles above Rotterdam.
