AnnihilationAt last Sabinus decided to seek safety for himself and the other soldiers from Ambiorix. However Cotta, who had been wounded by a sling-stone full in his face, refused to go to the enemy's headquarters and so persevered. When Sabinus approached the remaining tribunes of the soldiers and the first line of Ambiorix's centurions: he ordered them to leave their weapons, and he was ordering them to make lines again. From there, while he was talking about their conditions for peace, having been surrounded they were gradually killed. When this was done the enemies raised a war cry and made an attack on us. There Cotta was killed fighting with the greatest part of soldiers. They rescued the remaining few in the camp: of whom the standard-bearer L. Petrosidius, after he was attacked relentlessly by many enemies, threw the standard inside the rampart; there he was killed very bravely fighting in front of the camp. They resisted the attack with difficulty until night; despairing for their safety at night everyone A few having escaped from the battle in an unsteady journey through the woods reached T. Labienus in the winter quarters and made him more certain of their achievement. 1. Sabinus finally decided to seek safety for himself and the other soldiers from Ambiorix2. Cotta disagreed with him because he had been wounded by a sling-stone.3. Sabinus approached the remaining tribunes of soldiers and the soldiers of Ambiorix and ordered them to leave their weapons as if it were an armistice and ordered them to make lines again. Whilst he was talking about his conditions for peace, the Gauls surrounded the Romans and killed them gradually. When this was done the Gauls raised a war cry and attacked the Romans. Cotta ended up dying.4. Petrosidius having been attacked relentlessly threw the standard into the rampart where it could not be taken by the enemy. Additionally he also died bravely fighting in front of the camp to ensure that the standard could not be taken away.5. The soldiers are referred to by illi. They resisted the attack with difficulty at night. They also killed everyone without exception because they feared for their safety at night.6. Labienus heard about these events from a few who had escaped from the battle and made an unsteady journey through the woods to the winter quarters. 7. Cotta is a very resilient and headstrong person who refuses to give up and is diehard in carrying out his words. He is also very patriotic when he understands that there is a reasonable chance that he will die for his country and fellow soldiers.8. Yes this can be considered a disaster because so many soldiers were killed because of a naive decision made by Sabinus. This could have been avoided if Sabinus had planned for some level of caution, however this potential hazard was clearly not accounted for.9. circumventus-having been surrounded. elapsi-escaped. Elapsi is a deponent verb and being a deponent verb it means that the subject carried out the action.10. noctu desperata salute- despairing for their safety at night.