C. Iulius Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.33

The narrative breaks off for a description of how the Britons fight from chariots. The passage covers the two men of an essedum crew, the warrior and the driver, and the training that lies behind their handling of the vehicle.

 

Tier 1

Britannī sīc pugnant. prīmō per omnēs partēs equitant et tēla iaciunt. hostēs equōs et currūs vident et magnopere timent. ita Britannī ōrdinēs hostium turbant. deinde Britannī dē currū saliunt et pedibus pugnant.

 

virī quī equōs regunt interim ex proeliō excēdunt et currūs prope pōnunt. sī enim hostēs eōs premunt, Britannī facile ad suōs redīre possunt.

 

Britannī igitur celeriter movērī possunt sīcut equitēs. fortiter quoque stant sīcut mīlitēs quī pedibus pugnant.

 

omnī diē sē exercent. itaque equōs celerēs etiam in locīs difficilibus regunt et in aliam partem dūcunt. aliī per currum ad iugum currunt et in iugō stant. deinde celerrimē in currum redeunt.

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