Note 1 — XVI. War
H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation
orbis properly a circle, but corresponding almost exactly in its objects to our square-formation (vid. B. G. 4. 37, 5. 33; Sall. Iug. 97. 5). For a good account of Roman military formation see Kraner, Uebersicht des Kriegswesens bei Caesar, in his edition of the Bellum Gallicum.