- 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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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:4.19.1-4.19.4
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
After devastating the territory of the Sugambri, Caesar moves into the territory of the allied Ubii, where he learns that the Suebi have assembled their forces for a decisive battle. Judging that his objectives have been accomplished, Caesar withdraws to Gaul after spending eighteen days across the Rhine and destroys the bridge.
Caesar paucos dies in eorum finibus moratus, omnibus vicis aedificiisque incensis frumentisque succisis, se in fines Ubiorum recepit atque his auxilium suum pollicitus, si a Suebis premerentur,1 haec ab iis cognovit:
Caesar, having tarried a few days in their territory, after burning all their villages and buildings and cutting down their corn, withdrew into the territory of the Ubii, and having promised them his assistance if they should be harassed by the Suebi, learned from them the following facts:
Suebos, postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent, more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse,2 uti de oppidis demigrarent, liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent.
that the Suebi, after they had discovered through scouts that a bridge was being built, having held a council according to their custom, had sent messengers in all directions, ordering them to depart from their towns, deposit their children, wives, and all their possessions in the woods, and that all who could bear arms should assemble in one place;
Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse.
that this place had been selected near the center of those regions which the Suebi possessed; that here they had determined to await the arrival of the Romans, and there to fight a decisive battle.
Quod ubi Caesar comperit, omnibus iis rebus confectis, quarum rerum causa3 exercitum traducere constituerat, ut Germanis metum iniceret, ut Sugambros ulcisceretur, ut Ubios obsidione liberaret, diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis, satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum4 arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit.
When Caesar discovered this, all those objects having been accomplished for the sake of which he had determined to lead his army across—to strike terror into the Germans, to take vengeance on the Sugambri, and to deliver the Ubii from their blockade—having spent altogether eighteen days beyond the Rhine, and thinking that he had advanced far enough both for honor and for utility, he withdrew into Gaul and broke down the bridge.
- 4.19.1si a Suebis premerentur
The conditional clause si ... premerentur is in the subjunctive imperfect, depending on the past tense of the main clause (the perfect cognovit or the participle pollicitus). It represents a future-more-vivid condition of direct speech shifted into the past in indirect discourse.
- 4.19.2Suebos... dimisisse
The main clause of the indirect discourse (accusative with infinitive construction) introduced by the verb cognovit. This indirect discourse continues through §4.19.3 with Hunc esse... and constituisse.
- 4.19.4quarum rerum causa
A construction where the relative adjective quarum is incorporated into the relative clause together with its antecedent rerum (quarum rerum causa...). It explains the preceding phrase omnibus iis rebus in apposition or with greater specificity.
- 4.19.4satis... profectum
The passive infinitive profectum [esse] used impersonally, meaning 'progress had been made' or 'enough had been accomplished,' without a subject accusative. It forms the infinitive clause dependent on the participle arbitratus ('thinking that...').
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1