- 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 that Drappes and Lucterius are planning an incursion into the Province, the lieutenant Caninius hastens with two legions to pursue them and prevent any disgrace.
Qua ex fuga cum constaret Drappetem Senonem, qui, ut primum defecerat Gallia, collectis undique perditis hominibus, servis ad libertatem vocatis, exulibus omnium civitatum adscitis, receptis latronibus impedimenta et commeatus Romanorum interceperat, non amplius hominum duobus milibus1 ex fuga collectis provinciam petere unaque consilium cum eo Lucterium Cadurcum cepisse,2 quem superiore commentario prima defectione Galliae facere in provinciam voluisse impetum cognitum est, Caninius legatus cum legionibus duabus ad eos persequendos contendit, ne detrimento aut timore provinciae magna infamia perditorum hominum latrociniis caperetur.3
When it became clear from this flight that Drappes the Senonian—who, as soon as Gaul had revolted, having collected desperate men from all sides, called slaves to freedom, admitted exiles from all states, and received bandits, had intercepted the baggage and provisions of the Romans—was making for the Province with no more than two thousand men gathered from the flight, and that Lucterius the Cadurcan had formed a plan together with him—who, as was known from the previous book, had wished to make an incursion into the Province at the first revolt of Gaul— the lieutenant Caninius hastened with two legions to pursue them, lest, through damage to or panic in the Province, great disgrace should be incurred by the robberies of these desperate men.
- 8.30.1non amplius hominum duobus milibus
non amplius is used adverbially to express comparison, with duobus milibus acting as the ablative of comparison. hominum is a partitive genitive, and collectis modifies milibus.
- 8.30.1Drappetem ... petere ... cepisse
This is an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction governed by the impersonal verb cum constaret ("when it became clear that..."), where the two infinitive clauses Drappetem... petere and Lucterium... cepisse function in parallel as the subjects.
- 8.30.2ne detrimento aut timore provinciae magna infamia perditorum hominum latrociniis caperetur
The subject of caperetur (imperfect subjunctive passive) is magna infamia (nominative), functioning as the passive counterpart of the active expression infamiam capere (to incur disgrace). detrimento aut timore (with the genitive provinciae) and latrociniis are ablatives of cause/means.