: Urbe capta ("With the city having been captured"). Noun + Noun : Caesare duce ("With Caesar [as] leader").
The participle's tense dictates how the circumstance relates to the main verb: ablative absolute
The construction typically consists of two main elements, both in the : : Urbe capta ("With the city having been captured")
: Militibus laetis ("With the soldiers [being] happy"). Tense and Relative Timing ablative absolute
: This acts as the "subject" of the absolute phrase.