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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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Because Tasgetius, the king of the Carnutes, was assassinated, Caesar orders Lucius Plancus to winter there and arrest the perpetrators. Meanwhile, Caesar receives reports from all other legions that they have safely arrived at their winter quarters.
Erat in Carnutibus summo loco natus Tasgetius, cuius maiores in sua civitate regnum obtinuerant.
There was among the Carnutes Tasgetius, born of a very high rank, whose ancestors had held the sovereignty in their state.
Huic Caesar pro eius virtute atque in se benevolentia, quod in omnibus bellis singulari eius opera fuerat usus, maiorum locum restituerat.
To him Caesar, in return for his valor and goodwill toward himself, because in all wars he had availed himself of his singular service, had restored the position of his ancestors.
Tertium iam hunc annum regnantem inimici, multis palam ex civitate eius auctoribus,1 eum interfecerunt.
While he was now reigning in this third year, his enemies, with many from his state openly instigating it, put him to death.
Defertur ea res ad Caesarem. Ille veritus, quod ad plures pertinebat, ne civitas eorum impulsu deficeret, Lucium Plancum cum legione ex Belgio celeriter in Carnutes proficisci iubet ibique hiemare quorumque opera cognoverat Tasgetium interfectum,2 hos comprehensos ad se mittere.
This matter is reported to Caesar. He, fearing lest the state should revolt through their instigation because the affair concerned a larger number of people, orders Lucius Plancus to set out quickly with a legion from Belgium into the Carnutes and to winter there, and to arrest and send to him those by whose agency he should discover that Tasgetius had been killed.
Interim ab omnibus legatis quaestoreque, quibus legiones tradiderat, certior factus est in hiberna perventum3 locumque hibernis esse munitum.
Meanwhile, he was informed by all the lieutenants and the quaestor, to whom he had entrusted the legions, that they had arrived at their winter quarters and that the place had been fortified for the winter quarters.
- 5.25.3multis palam ex civitate eius auctoribus
An ablative absolute consisting of the pronoun (here functioning as a noun) 'multis' (modified by 'ex civitate eius') and the noun 'auctoribus' acting as a predicate, without a participle. It translates literally to 'with many from his state as instigators'.
- 5.25.4quorumque opera cognoverat Tasgetium interfectum
An inverted construction where the relative clause 'quorum opera...' precedes its antecedent 'hos'. 'interfectum' is a perfect passive participle with 'esse' omitted, forming an accusative with infinitive clause ('Tasgetium interfectum esse') as the direct object of 'cognoverat'.
- 5.25.5in hiberna perventum
An impersonal passive construction of the intransitive verb 'pervenio' ('perventum esse' with 'esse' omitted). It functions as an accusative with infinitive clause representing the substance of what Caesar was informed of, meaning '(that they) had arrived at the winter quarters'.