Simul e castris mota sunt signa eorum

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Inde subito exorti Romani in latus hostium impetum faciunt. Simul e castris mota sunt signa eorum qui in praesidio relicti erant.

Signa : Ut vexillaris portarenter? milites?

Orberg id explicat: signa movere = e castris progredi

Inde subito exorti Romani in latus hostium impetum faciunt. Simul e castris mota sunt signa eorum qui in praesidio relicti erant.

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I’m not sure what the question is.

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Orberg (Livy?) has ..e castris mota sunt signa

  • the signs were moved out of the camp ?!

Orberg explains this by saying it means ‘they moved…’

What does signa mean here…?

I thought it might refer to standards or flags…

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Yes, the standards were moved out of the camp, with the soldiers themselves implicitly following.

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Gratias tibi ago.