- 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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After pacifying eastern Gaul, Caesar focuses on the war against Ambiorix and the Treveri, marching in person to subdue the Menapii, who are allied with Ambiorix.
Hac parte Galliae pacata totus1 et mente et animo in bellum Treverorum et Ambiorigis insistit.
This part of Gaul having been pacified, he devotes himself entirely, heart and soul, to the war with the Treveri and Ambiorix.
Cavarinum cum equitatu Senonum secum proficisci iubet, ne quis aut ex huius iracundia aut ex eo, quod meruerat, odio civitatis2 motus exsistat.
He orders Cavarinus to set out with him with the cavalry of the Senones, lest any disturbance should arise in the state either from his hot temper or from the hatred of the state which he had deservedly incurred.
His rebus constitutis, quod pro explorato habebat3 Ambiorigem proelio non esse concertaturum, reliqua eius consilia animo circumspiciebat.
These matters having been settled, because he held it as certain that Ambiorix would not contend in a regular battle, he began to survey in his mind his remaining plans.
Erant Menapii propinqui Eburonum finibus, perpetuis paludibus silvisque muniti, qui uni ex Gallia de pace ad Caesarem legatos numquam miserant. Cum his esse hospitium Ambiorigi sciebat; item per Treveros venisse Germanis in amicitiam cognoverat.
The Menapii were close to the territories of the Eburones, protected by continuous marshes and forests, and they were the only people in Gaul who had never sent ambassadors to Caesar to treat of peace. He knew that Ambiorix had a bond of hospitality with them; he had also ascertained that through the Treveri he had entered into friendship with the Germans.
Haec prius illi detrahenda4 auxilia existimabat quam ipsum bello lacesseret, ne desperata salute aut se in Menapios abderet aut cum Transrhenanis congredi cogeretur.
He thought that these auxiliaries must be withdrawn from him before he provoked him to war, lest, despairing of safety, he should either hide himself among the Menapii or be forced to join with the Transrhenane tribes.
Hoc inito consilio totius exercitus impedimenta ad Labienum in Treveros mittit duasque legiones ad eum proficisci iubet; ipse cum legionibus expeditis quinque in Menapios proficiscitur.
Having formed this plan, he sends the baggage of the entire army to Labienus in the territory of the Treveri, and orders two legions to set out to him; he himself marches against the Menapii with five legions without heavy baggage.
Illi nulla coacta manu loci praesidio freti in silvas paludesque confugiunt suaque eodem conferunt.
They, having collected no force, but relying on the protection of the place, flee into the forests and marshes, and convey their property to the same place.
- 6.5.1totus
The nominative adjective is used adverbially to describe the subject's focus and intensity, meaning "entirely" or "wholeheartedly."
- 6.5.2odio civitatis
civitatis is a subjective (or possessive) genitive with the noun odio, denoting the hatred felt by the citizens toward Cavarinus, rather than his hatred of the state.
- 6.5.3pro explorato habebat
The idiom pro explorato habere means "to hold as certain" or "to be assured of." It takes the following accusative and infinitive clause (Ambiorigem... non esse concertaturum) as its object.
- 6.5.5illi detrahenda
illi (referring to Ambiorix) is a dative of separation governed by detrahere. Combined with the gerundive detrahenda, it means "must be stripped/withdrawn from him."