- 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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
On the next day, Caesar sent Labienus to suppress the rebellion of the Morini, who surrendered as the dry marshes left them no place of retreat, while Titurius and Cotta devastated the territory of the Menapii. The legions entered winter quarters among the Belgae, and a twenty-day thanksgiving was decreed by the senate upon receiving Caesar's reports.
Caesar postero die T. Labienum legatum cum iis legionibus quas ex Britannia reduxerat in Morinos qui rebellionem fecerant misit.
On the following day, Caesar sent the lieutenant T. Labienus, with those legions which he had brought back from Britain, against the Morini, who had renewed the war.
Qui cum1 propter siccitates paludum quo se reciperent2 non haberent, quo perfugio3 superiore anno erant usi, omnes fere in potestatem Labieni venerunt.
And since they, owing to the dryness of the marshes, had no place to which they might retreat—a refuge which they had used the previous year—almost all of them fell into the power of Labienus.
At Q. Titurius et L. Cotta legati, qui in Menapiorum fines legiones duxerant, omnibus eorum agris vastatis, frumentis succisis, aedificiis incensis, quod Menapii se omnes in densissimas silvas abdiderant, se ad Caesarem receperunt.
But the lieutenants Q. Titurius and L. Cotta, who had led their legions into the territories of the Menapii, having laid waste all their fields, cut down their corn, and burnt their buildings, because the Menapii had all hidden themselves in their thickest forests, returned to Caesar.
Caesar in Belgis omnium legionum hiberna constituit. Eo duae omnino civitates ex Britannia obsides miserunt, reliquae neglexerunt.
Caesar established the winter quarters of all the legions among the Belgae. Thither only two states in all from Britain sent hostages; the remainder neglected to do so.
His rebus gestis ex litteris Caesaris dierum XX4 supplicatio a senatu decreta est.
Upon these achievements being performed, a thanksgiving of twenty days was decreed by the senate, on receiving Caesar’s dispatches.
- 4.38.2Qui cum
A relative connection (qui connecting clauses), where the relative pronoun at the beginning of a sentence refers back to Morini in the previous sentence. It functions like a demonstrative pronoun with a conjunction ('And they...').
- 4.38.2quo se reciperent
A relative clause of characteristic or purpose with the antecedent omitted, where the verb reciperent is in the subjunctive imperfect. It expresses 'a place to which they might retreat'.
- 4.38.2quo perfugio
A construction where the antecedent perfugium is attracted into the relative clause and agrees with the relative pronoun quo. It functions as the object of erant usi (ablative, as required by the verb utor).
- 4.38.5dierum XX
A genitive of measure (or description) modifying the noun supplicatio, indicating the duration ('of twenty days').