- 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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Upon learning of Caesar's approach, the Senones and Carnutes abandon their rebellious plans and obtain Caesar's pardon by delivering hostages through the mediation of the Aedui and Remi.
Cognito eius adventu Acco, qui princeps eius consili fuerat, iubet in oppida multitudinem convenire. Conantibus,1 priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur.
When his arrival was known, Acco, who had been the leader of that plot, orders the multitude to assemble in the towns. While they were attempting this, before it could be accomplished, word is brought that the Romans are at hand.
Necessario sententia desistunt legatosque deprecandi causa ad Caesarem mittunt: adeunt per Aeduos, quorum antiquitus erat in fide civitas.
Of necessity they desist from their design and send ambassadors to Caesar for the purpose of begging for pardon; they approach him through the Aedui, under whose protection their state had been from ancient times.
Libenter Caesar petentibus Aeduis dat veniam excusationemque accipit, quod aestivum tempus instantis belli, non quaestionis2 esse arbitrabatur.
Caesar readily grants pardon to them at the request of the Aedui, and accepts their excuse, because he thought that the summer time belonged to the impending war, not to an investigation.
Obsidibus imperatis centum hos Aeduis custodiendos3 tradit.
Having demanded a hundred hostages, he delivers them to the Aedui to be guarded.
Eodem Carnutes legatos obsidesque mittunt usi deprecatoribus Remis, quorum erant in clientela: eadem ferunt responsa.
To the same place the Carnutes send ambassadors and hostages, employing the Remi, under whose clientage they were, as intercessors; they receive the same replies.
Peragit concilium Caesar equitesque imperat civitatibus.
Caesar concludes the council and levies cavalry on the states.
- 6.4.1Conantibus
The present participle conantibus is in the dative plural, functioning as the dative of reference or circumstance with the impersonal passive nuntiatur, meaning 'while they were attempting (to assemble)'.
- 6.4.3instantis belli, non quaestionis
Genitives of possession or characteristic acting as the predicate of the infinitive esse, expressing what the summer time belongs to or is fit for: 'belonged to the impending war, not to an investigation'.
- 6.4.4custodiendos
A gerundive agreeing with the direct object hos, used with the verb tradit to express purpose ('delivers them to be guarded').