- 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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Due to a grain shortage caused by droughts in Gaul, Caesar decides to distribute his legions across multiple states for winter quarters. After ensuring that almost all quarters are located within a reasonable distance from each other, he decides to remain in Gaul until the deployment and fortifications are fully completed.
Subductis navibus concilioque Gallorum Samarobrivae peracto, quod eo anno frumentum in Gallia propter siccitates angustius provenerat, coactus est aliter ac1 superioribus annis exercitum in hibernis collocare legionesque in plures civitates distribuere;
When the ships were hauled up and the council of the Gauls at Samarobriva was completed, because in that year the grain in Gaul had grown more scantily on account of droughts, he was compelled to station his army in winter quarters otherwise than in former years, and to distribute the legions among several states;
ex quibus unam in Morinos ducendam2 Gaio Fabio legato dedit, alteram in Nervios Quinto Ciceroni, tertiam in Esubios Lucio Roscio; quartam in Remis cum Tito Labieno in confinio Treverorum hiemare iussit. Tres in Belgis collocavit:
of these he gave one to the lieutenant Gaius Fabius to be led into the Morini, another to Quintus Cicero into the Nervii, a third to Lucius Roscius into the Esubii; he ordered a fourth to winter among the Remi with Titus Labienus in the borderland of the Treveri. He stationed three among the Belgae:
eis Marcum Crassum quaestorem et Lucium Munatium Plancum et Gaium Trebonium legatos praefecit.
over these he placed the quaestor Marcus Crassus, and the lieutenants Lucius Munatius Plancus and Gaius Trebonius.
Vnam legionem, quam proxime trans Padum conscripserat, et cohortes V in Eburones, quorum pars maxima est inter Mosam ac Rhenum, qui sub imperio Ambiorigis et Catuvolci erant, misit.
One legion, which he had recently enlisted beyond the Po, and five cohorts, he sent into the Eburones, the greatest part of whom is between the Meuse and the Rhine, who were under the government of Ambiorix and Catuvolcus.
Eis militibus Quintum Titurium Sabinum et Lucium Aurunculeium Cottam legatos praeesse iussit.
He ordered the lieutenants Quintus Titurius Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta to command these soldiers.
Ad hunc modum distributis legionibus facillime inopiae frumentariae sese mederi posse3 existimavit.
By the legions being distributed in this manner, he thought he could most easily remedy the scarcity of grain.
Atque harum tamen omnium legionum hiberna praeter eam, quam Lucio Roscio in pacatissimam et quietissimam partem ducendam dederat, milibus passuum centum continebantur.4
And yet the winter quarters of all these legions, except that one which he had given to Lucius Roscius to be led into the most peaceful and quiet part, were contained within a distance of one hundred miles.
Ipse interea, quoad legiones collocatas munitaque hiberna cognovisset,5 in Gallia morari constituit.
He himself meanwhile, until he should have known that the legions were stationed and the winter quarters fortified, decided to delay in Gaul.
- 5.24.1aliter ac
The adverb aliter ('otherwise') combined with the conjunction ac ('than') expresses a comparison ('otherwise than'). superioribus annis is an ablative of time/comparison.
- 5.24.2ducendam
A gerundive (future passive participle) modifying the object unam ('one legion'), expressing purpose or intention ('to be led').
- 5.24.6sese mederi posse
An accusative and infinitive construction (indirect discourse) depending on existimavit. sese ('he himself') is the subject accusative, posse is the main infinitive, and mederi ('to remedy') is a complementary infinitive depending on posse, taking the dative object inopiae frumentariae.
- 5.24.7milibus passuum centum continebantur
Meaning 'were contained within a distance of one hundred miles.' milibus is an ablative of measure/instrument. This indicates that the winter quarters were located within a 100-mile radius or distance of each other, rather than being too isolated.
- 5.24.8quoad legiones collocatas munitaque hiberna cognovisset
quoad is a conjunction meaning 'until,' taking the pluperfect subjunctive cognovisset to express Caesar's anticipation or purpose. collocatas and munita are perfect passive participles in an indirect statement with the infinitive esse omitted, serving as the object of cognovisset.
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