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Julius Caesar · Gallic War §7.90.1-7.90.7

Submission of the Tribes and Winter Quarters

Passage 348 of 404 · Latin

Summary

Following the conclusion of the Siege of Alesia, Caesar receives the submission of the Aedui and Arverni, distributes his legions into various winter quarters, and decides to winter himself at Bibracte, while a twenty-day thanksgiving is decreed in Rome.

§7.90.1His rebus confectis in Aeduos proficiscitur; civitatem recipit.
These affairs being completed, he sets out for the Aedui; he recovers their state.
§7.90.2Eo legati ab Arvernis missi quae imperaret se facturos pollicentur.
Thither ambassadors sent by the Arverni come to him, and promise that they will do whatever he should command.
Imperat magnum numerum obsidum.
He demands a great number of hostages.
§7.90.3Legiones in hiberna mittit.
He sends the legions into winter quarters.
Captivorum circiter viginti milia Aeduis Arvernisque reddit.
He restores about twenty thousand captives to the Aedui and Arverni.
§7.90.4Titum Labienum duabus cum legionibus et equitatu in Sequanos proficisci iubet: huic Marcum Sempronium Rutilum attribuit.
He orders Titus Labienus to set out for the Sequani with two legions and cavalry: to him he attributes Marcus Sempronius Rutilus.
§7.90.5Gaium Fabium legatum et Lucium Minucium Basilum cum legionibus duabus in Remis collocat, ne quam ab finitimis Bellovacis calamitatem accipiant.
He stations Gaius Fabius, the lieutenant, and Lucius Minucius Basilus with two legions among the Remi, lest they should sustain any damage from the neighboring Bellovaci.
§7.90.6Gaium Antistium Reginum in Ambivaretos, Titum Sextium in Bituriges, Gaium Caninium Rebilum in Rutenos cum singulis legionibus mittit.
He sends Gaius Antistius Reginus into the country of the Ambivareti, Titus Sextius to the Bituriges, Gaius Caninius Rebilus to the Ruteni, with one legion each.
§7.90.7Quintum Tullium Ciceronem et Publium Sulpicium Cabilloni et Matiscone in Aeduis ad Ararim rei frumentariae causa collocat.
He stations Quintus Tullius Cicero and Publius Sulpicius at Cabillonum and Matisco, in the country of the Aedui on the Arar, for the sake of the grain supply.
Ipse Bibracte hiemare constituit.
He himself decides to winter at Bibracte.
His litteris cognitis Romae dierum viginti supplicatio redditur.
Upon these dispatches being known, a thanksgiving of twenty days is decreed at Rome.

Notes

  1. §7.90.2quae imperaret — The subjunctive imperfect is used because it is a subordinate clause within indirect speech (introduced by "pollicentur se facturos"). The tense is aligned with the historic present "pollicentur".
  2. §7.90.7Cabilloni et Matiscone — Locational expressions. "Cabilloni" is the locative of the second-declension "Cabillonum", while "Matiscone" is the ablative of the third-declension "Matisco". Despite having different case forms, they are coordinated to express the same locative meaning: "at Cabillonum and Matisco".
  3. §7.90.7dierum viginti — Genitive of quality or measure, modifying the noun "supplicatio" to mean "a thanksgiving of twenty days".

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Julius Caesar, Gallic War §7.90.1-7.90.7. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:7.90.1-7.90.7

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