subsidiō[1] venīre posset; sē tamen invītum castra oppugnāsse, sed voluntātī[2] cēterōrum Gallōrum cīvitātem suam resistere nōn potuisse. “Nec tamen,” inquit, “Caesaris in mē[3] beneficiōrum immemor[4] sum; itaque vōs magnopere hortor, ut quam celerrimē exercitum vestrum[5] ad proxima hīberna dēdūcātis. Magna enim manus Germānōrum Rhenum nūper trānsiit[6], quōrum multitūdinī nūllō modō resistere poteritis. Quārē salūtī vestrae statim cōnsulite.”
Simul pollicitus est sē Rōmānōs per fīnēs suōs incolumēs iter facere passūrum.
Quā ōrātiōne habitā, discessit Ambiorīx; nūntiī autem rediērunt in castra lēgātōs[7]que dē rēgis verbīs certiōrēs fēcērunt.
Q. Sabīnus et L.[8] Cotta lēgātī, rē repentīnā permōtī, ea verba, etsī ab hoste dicta erant, tamen nōn neglegenda[9] esse exīstimābant; itaque, cōnsiliō[10] convocātō, quid optimum factū[11] esset diū disputātum est.
Tribūnī[12] centuriōnēsque complūrēs nihil sibi temerē agen-
- ↑ subsidiō: n, dat. of service.
- ↑ voluntātī: voluntās, -ātis: f, for syntax, see the Vocab. under resistō, wish.
- ↑ in mē: acc., to me.
- ↑ immemor (-oris, adj.): unmindful.
- ↑ vestrum: vester, -tra, -trum: your.
- ↑ trānsiit: has crossed.
- ↑ lēgātōs: m, the commanders.
- ↑ L.: i.e. Lūcius, lēgātī: cf. l. 12.
- ↑ neglegenda: neglegō, 3, neglēxī, neglēctus: disregard, or ignore.
- ↑ cōnsiliō: n, council of war.
- ↑ factū: supine, to do, esset: subj. in indirect question.
- ↑ tribūnī: m, Of these there were six for each legion; in rank they stood next to the legion commander., (military) tribunes.
