- 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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Labienus marches toward Lutetia while leaving reinforcements at Agedincum, and the enemy forces assemble under Camulogenus, who positions his army behind a vast marsh to block the Roman advance.
Dum haec apud Caesarem geruntur, Labienus eo supplemento, quod nuper ex Italia venerat, relicto Agedinci,1 ut esset impedimentis praesidio,2 cum quattuor legionibus Lutetiam proficiscitur. Id est oppidum Parisiorum, quod positum est in insula fluminis Sequanae.
While these things were being done in Caesar’s quarter, Labienus, having left at Agedincum the reinforcement which had recently arrived from Italy, to serve as a guard for the baggage, set out for Lutetia with four legions. This is a town of the Parisii, which is situated on an island in the river Sequana.
Cuius adventu ab hostibus cognito magnae ex finitimis civitatibus copiae convenerunt.
When his arrival was known by the enemy, large forces assembled from the neighboring states.
Summa imperi traditur Camulogeno Aulerco, qui prope confectus aetate tamen propter singularem scientiam rei militaris ad eum est honorem evocatus.
The chief command was conferred upon Camulogenus, one of the Aulerci, who, though almost worn out with age, was nevertheless called out to that honor because of his singular knowledge of military affairs.
Is cum animadvertisset perpetuam esse paludem, quae influeret3 in Sequanam atque illum omnem locum magnopere impediret, hic consedit nostrosque transitu prohibere instituit.
When he had observed that there was a continuous marsh which flowed into the Sequana and greatly obstructed all that area, he took his position here and determined to prevent our men from crossing.
- 7.57.1Agedinci
Locative case of the second-declension town name Agedincum, indicating place where ('at Agedincum').
- 7.57.1impedimentis praesidio
Double dative construction meaning 'as a guard for the baggage.' It consists of a dative of purpose (praesidio) and a dative of reference (impedimentis).
- 7.57.4quae influeret
Subjunctive mood (imperfect). The relative clause is subordinate to the accusative and infinitive construction (perpetuam esse paludem) introduced by animadvertisset, which represents a suboblique clause (subordinate clause in indirect discourse).