Annihilation

At 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 Ambiorix
2. 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.