1. oppidī expugnandī. Is this a gerund or a gerundive construction? Cf. [§ 501. 37].

2. ineant. [§ 501. 50].

3. ūnus. subj. of inquit.

4. sit. This is a so-called subjunctive by attraction, which means that the clause beginning with ubi stands in such close connection with the subjv. clause beginning with ut, that its verb is attracted into the same mood.

5. All these verbs are in the same construction.

6. Hoc cōnsilium, subj. of placēret. For the order cf. Haec cum, etc., p. 215, l. 22, and note; Id imperātor cum, p. 217, l. 8.

7. memoriā, abl. of means.

8. oppidānīs, [§ 501. 15].

9. Between twelve and three o’clock in the morning. The night was divided into four watches.

10. operī, [§ 501. 15].