§3.7.1His rebus gestis cum omnibus de causis Caesar pacatam Galliam existimaret, [superatis Belgis, expulsis Germanis, victis in Alpibus Sedunis,] atque ita inita hieme in Illyricum profectus esset, quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat, subitum bellum in Gallia coortum est.
These things having been done, when Caesar for every reason supposed Gaul to be pacified, [the Belgae having been overcome, the Germans expelled, and the Seduni in the Alps defeated,] and had thus, at the beginning of winter, set out for Illyricum, because he wished to visit those nations also and to become acquainted with the countries, a sudden war broke out in Gaul.
§3.7.2Eius belli haec fuit causa.
The cause of this war was as follows.
P. Crassus adulescens cum legione VII. proximus mare Oceanum in Andibus hiemabat.
Publius Crassus, a young man, was wintering with the seventh legion in the territory of the Andes, closest to the Ocean.
§3.7.3Is, quod in his locis inopia frumenti erat, praefectos tribunosque militum complures in finitimas civitates frumenti causa dimisit; §3.7.4quo in numero est T. Terrasidius missus in Esuvios, M. Trebius Gallus in Coriosolites, Q. Velanius eum T. Silio in Venetos.
He, because there was a scarcity of corn in these parts, sent several prefects and military tribunes into the neighboring states for the purpose of seeking corn; in which number Titus Terrasidius was sent among the Esuvii, Marcus Trebius Gallus among the Coriosolites, and Quintus Velanius with Titus Silius among the Veneti.