nūntiet, ut legiōnem[1] in Atrebatēs addūcat, quōrum per fīnēs sibi iter faciendum sciēbat. Scrībit Labiēnō ut[2], sī reī pūblicae commodō[3] fierī possit, cum legiōne ad fīnēs Nerviōrum veniat. Reliquam partem exercitūs, quae paulō aberat longius, nōn arbitrātur exspectandam; equitēs circiter CCCC ex proximīs hībernīs cōgit.
Hōrā[4] ferē tertiā ab antecursōribus dē Crassī adventū Caesar certior est factus. Eō diē mīlia passuum vīgintī prōgressus est. Crassum Samarobrīvae praeposuit[5], legiōnemque eī trādidit, quod ibi relinquēbat impedimenta exercitūs, obsidēs cīvitātum[6], litterās[7] pūblicās, frūmentumque omne, quod eō[8] tolerandae hiemis causā comportāverat. Paulō post Fabius, ut imperātum erat[9], in itinere cum legiōne occurrit[10]. At Labiēnus, morte Sabīnī et clāde cohortium[11] cōgnitā, cum omnēs ad eum Trēverōrum cōpiae vēnissent[12], veritus nē, sī ex hībernīs fugae[13] similem pro-
- ↑ legiōnem: f, sc. suam, in Atrebatēs: i.e. F. was to march south to join Caesar, as the latter moved eastward.
- ↑ ut: in this connection, scrībit implies imperat also; hence the ut-clause.
- ↑ reī pūblicae commodō: lit. with the well-being of the commonwealth; freely, without endangering the public weal.
- ↑ hōrā . . . tertiā: f, i.e. of the day following, antecursōribus: antecursor, -ōris, M., courier.
- ↑ praeposuit: with dat., left in charge (of).
- ↑ cīvitātum: f, i.e. the Gallic states; translate the gen. “from.”.
- ↑ litterās: f, documents.
- ↑ eō: the adv..
- ↑ imperātum erat: note the gender.
- ↑ occurrit: sc. eī (i.e. Caesarī).
- ↑ cohortium: f, freely, to the cohorts.
- ↑ cum . . . vēnissent: causal.
- ↑ fugae: f, dat. case; construe with similem.
