Quas interposita tanta locorum iniquitate consuetudine magis pervulgata militari credebat instrui Caesar vel ad opus suum tardandum, quo plures in armis tenerentur, vel ad ostentationem regiae fiduciae, ne munitione magis quam manu defendere locum Pharnaces videretur.
In view of the highly uneven character of the intervening ground Caesar supposed that it was the kings normal military practice more than anything that occasioned this deployment; or else his object was to delay Caesars own work of fortification, through the necessity of keeping more men standing to arms; or again it might be intended as a display of confidence on the kings part, to shew that it was not on fortification so much as on armed force that Pharnaces relied to defend his position.
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