- Source
- Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. C. Iuli Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII A. Hirti Commentarius VII. Holmes, T. Rice (Thomas Rice), editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.
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Caesar raised new legions in Nearer Gaul, dispatched them under Pedius, and, upon securing forage and grain, began his march toward the Belgae after learning of their troop concentrations.
His nuntiis litterisque commotus Caesar duas legiones in citeriore Gallia novas conscripsit et inita aestate in ulteriorem Galliam qui deduceret1 Q. Pedium legatum misit.
Alarmed by these reports and letters, Caesar enrolled two new legions in Nearer Gaul, and at the beginning of summer sent Quintus Pedius, his lieutenant, to lead them into Further Gaul.
Ipse, cum primum pabuli copia esse inciperet,2 ad exercitum venit.
He himself, as soon as there began to be a plenty of forage, came to the army.
Dat negotium Senonibus reliquisque Gallis qui finitimi Belgis erant uti ea quae apud eos gerantur cognoscant seque de his rebus certiorem faciant.
He gave it in charge to the Senones and the other Gauls who were neighbors to the Belgae, to find out what was being done among them, and to keep him informed of these matters.
Hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt manus cogi, exercitum in unum locum conduci. Tum vero dubitandum non existimavit3 quin ad eos proficisceretur. Re frumentaria provisa castra movet diebusque circiter XV ad fines Belgarum pervenit.
These all uniformly reported that bands of men were being collected, and an army was being brought together into one place. Then indeed he thought he ought not to hesitate to set out against them. Having provided a supply of grain, he broke camp and in about fifteen days arrived at the borders of the Belgae.
- 2.2.1qui deduceret
A relative clause of purpose with the subjunctive imperfect deduceret. The antecedent is Q. Pedium legatum, meaning 'to lead them (the legions)'.
- 2.2.2cum primum... inciperet
A temporal clause introduced by cum primum ('as soon as'). The verb inciperet is in the subjunctive imperfect, showing either tense sequence with the historical present venit or a circumstantial nuance.
- 2.2.4dubitandum non existimavit
An infinitive construction with the gerundive dubitandum (impersonal passive periphrastic, with esse and the dative of agent sibi omitted). The negative dubitare is followed by a quin clause (with subjunctive proficisceretur) meaning 'to hesitate to'.