§7.7.1Interim Lucterius Cadurcus in Rutenos missus eam civitatem Arvernis conciliat.
Meanwhile, Lucterius the Cadurcan, having been sent among the Ruteni, wins over that state to the Arverni.
§7.7.2Progressus in Nitiobriges et Gabalos ab utrisque obsides accipit et magna coacta manu in provinciam Narbonem versus eruptionem facere contendit.
Having advanced into the territories of the Nitiobriges and the Gabali, he receives hostages from both, and, having assembled a large force, hastens to make an incursion into the province in the direction of Narbo.
§7.7.3Qua re nuntiata Caesar omnibus consiliis antevertendum existimavit, ut Narbonem proficisceretur.
When this matter was reported, Caesar thought that he ought to postpone all other plans for the sake of setting out for Narbo.
§7.7.4Eo cum venisset, timentes confirmat, praesidia in Rutenis provincialibus, Volcis Arecomicis, Tolosatibus circumque Narbonem, quae loca hostibus erant finitima, constituit; §7.7.5partem copiarum ex provincia supplementumque, quod ex Italia adduxerat, in Helvios, qui fines Arvernorum contingunt, convenire iubet.
When he had arrived there, he encouraged those who were terrified, and stationed garrisons among the provincial Ruteni, the Volcae Arecomici, the Tolosates, and around Narbo, which districts were adjacent to the enemy; he orders a part of the forces from the province, and the recruits whom he had brought from Italy, to assemble in the territory of the Helvii, who border on the territories of the Arverni.