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- 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, after ordering his lieutenants in Gaul to build and repair ships according to new specifications, set out for Illyricum, where he suppressed the incursions of the Pirustae by demanding hostages and appointing arbitrators.
L. Domitio Ap. Claudio consulibus, discedens ab hibernis Caesar in Italiam, ut quotannis facere consuerat, legatis imperat quos legionibus praefecerat uti quam plurimas possent hieme naves aedificandas veteresque reficiendas curarent.1 Earum modum formamque demonstrat.
In the consulship of L. Domitius and Ap. Claudius, Caesar, departing from his winter quarters into Italy, as he had been accustomed to do yearly, commands the lieutenants whom he had placed over the legions to take care that during the winter as many ships as possible should be built and the old ones repaired. He dictates the measure and form of them.
Ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque paulo facit humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,2 atque id eo magis, quod propter crebras commutationes aestuum minus magnos ibi fluctus fieri cognoverat; ad onera, ad multitudinem iumentorum transportandam paulo latiores quam quibus in reliquis utimur maribus.
For the sake of rapidity of loading and drawing them on shore, he makes them a little lower than those which we are accustomed to use in our sea; and that so much the more, because he had learned that on account of the frequent changes of the tide, the waves there did not rise so high; for both cargo and transporting a great number of beasts of burden, he makes them a little broader than those which we use in other seas.
Has omnes actuarias imperat fieri, quam ad rem multum humilitas adiuvat.
He commands all these to be built fit for rowing, to which purpose their low-lying build contributes greatly.
Ea quae sunt usui ad armandas naves ex Hispania apportari iubet.
He orders those things which are of use for equipping ships to be brought from Spain.
Ipse conventibus Galliae citerioris peractis in Illyricum proficiscitur, quod a Pirustis finitimam partem provinciae incursionibus vastari audiebat.
He himself, having completed the assizes of Hither Gaul, sets out for Illyricum, because he heard that the neighboring part of the province was being laid waste by the incursions of the Pirustae.
Eo cum venisset, civitatibus milites imperat certumque in locum convenire iubet.
When he had arrived there, he demands soldiers from the states, and orders them to assemble at a specified place.
Qua re nuntiata Pirustae legatos ad eum mittunt qui doceant nihil earum rerum publico factum consilio,3 seseque paratos esse demonstrant omnibus rationibus de iniuriis satisfacere.
When this was announced, the Pirustae send ambassadors to him to explain that none of those things were done by public counsel, and they declare that they are ready to give satisfaction for the injuries by every means.
Accepta oratione eorum Caesar obsides imperat eosque ad certam diem adduci iubet; nisi ita fecerint, sese bello civitatem persecuturum4 demonstrat.
Having heard their defense, Caesar demands hostages, and orders them to be brought to a specified day; unless they should do so, he declares that he will prosecute their state with war.
Eis ad diem adductis, ut imperaverat, arbitros inter civitates dat qui litem aestiment poenamque constituant.
When these were brought to the day, as he had commanded, he appoints arbitrators between the states to estimate the damage and determine the penalty.
- 5.1.1naves aedificandas veteresque reficiendas curarent
The verb curare combined with the gerundives (aedificandas, reficiendas) expresses the idea of "taking care that [something] be built and repaired" or "causing [something] to be built and repaired."
- 5.1.2quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus
The relative pronoun quibus (ablative) refers to the omitted antecedent navibus and is in the ablative case because the deponent verb uti governs the ablative. The entire clause functions as a comparison: "than those [ships] which we have been accustomed to use in our sea."
- 5.1.7qui doceant nihil earum rerum publico factum consilio
The relative clause with the subjunctive doceant expresses purpose ("in order to explain"). Within this clause, nihil ... factum is an accusative-with-infinitive construction functioning as the object of doceant, with the infinitive esse omitted.
- 5.1.8nisi ita fecerint, sese bello civitatem persecuturum
This is a conditional sentence in indirect discourse. The apodosis sese ... persecuturum [esse] uses the future infinitive (with esse omitted). The protasis fecerint is a subjunctive perfect, representing a future perfect indicative in direct speech.