§8.30.1Qua 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 milibus ex fuga collectis provinciam petere unaque consilium cum eo Lucterium Cadurcum cepisse, quem superiore commentario prima defectione Galliae facere in provinciam voluisse impetum cognitum est, §8.30.2Caninius legatus cum legionibus duabus ad eos persequendos contendit, ne detrimento aut timore provinciae magna infamia perditorum hominum latrociniis caperetur.
\nWhen 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—\n\nthe 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.