B. Alex. 59.1Tantae multitūdinis precibus et lacrimīs exercitus commōtus cum vidēret ad Cassium persequendum nihil opus esse Cn. Pompēī nōmine et memoriā tamque omnibus Caesariānīs quam Pompēiānīs Longīnum esse in odiō neque sē conventum neque M. Mārcellum contrā Caesaris causam posse perdūcere, nōmen Pompēī ex scūtīs dētrāxērunt, Mārcellum, quī sē Caesaris causam dēfēnsūrum profitēbātur, ducem adscīvērunt praetōremque appellārunt et conventum sibi adiūnxērunt castraque ad Cordubam posuērunt.The army, moved by the prayers and tears of so great a crowd, since it saw that it had no need of the name and memory of Gnaeus Pompeius to pursue Cassius, and that Longinus was as hateful to all Caesar's men as to Pompey's, and that it could not bring either the community or Marcus Marcellus to act against Caesar's cause, removed Pompey's name from the shields, adopted as their leader Marcellus, who declared that he would defend Caesar's cause, hailed him as praetor, joined the community to their side and pitched camp near Corduba.Note. Tantae multitūdinis precibus et lacrimīs: ablatives of cause with commōtus. The singular collective exercitus takes a plural verb in the main clause (dētrāxērunt, adscīvērunt, appellārunt). nihil opus esse … nōmine et memoriā: opus est takes the ablative of what is needed. tamque … quam: 'as much … as'. Longīnum esse in odiō: 'Longinus was hated by'. sē … dēfēnsūrum (esse): future infinitive. appellārunt = appellāvērunt. B. Alex. 59.2Cassius eō bīduō circiter IV mīlia passuum ā Cordubā citrā flūmen Baetim in oppidī cōnspectū locō excelsō facit castra;Within those two days Cassius pitched camp about four miles from Corduba, on this side of the river Baetis, on high ground in sight of the town;Note. eō bīduō: 'within those two days'. circiter iv mīlia passuum: accusative of extent, about four Roman miles. citrā flūmen Baetim: 'on this side of the Baetis' (the Guadalquivir); Baetim is an -is accusative. B. Alex. 59.2litterās ad rēgem Bogudem in Mauretāniam et ad M. Lepidum prōcōnsulem in Hispāniam citeriōrem mittit, subsidiō sibi prōvinciaeque Caesaris causā quam prīmum venīret.he sent letters to King Bogud in Mauretania and to Marcus Lepidus, the proconsul in Nearer Spain, asking them to come as soon as possible to the help of himself and the province, for Caesar's sake.Note. Bogud was king of western Mauretania and loyal to Caesar. M. Lepidum: M. Aemilius Lepidus, governor of Nearer Spain, later one of the triumvirs. subsidiō sibi prōvinciaeque: double dative, 'to the help of himself and the province'. quam prīmum: 'as soon as possible'. veniret: indirect command without ut.
B. Alex. 59.2Ipse hostīlī modō Cordubēnsium agrōs vāstat, aedificia incendit.He himself, in the manner of an enemy, laid waste the lands of the people of Corduba and set fire to their buildings.Note. hostīlī modō: 'in the manner of an enemy'. Cassius treats a Roman town in his own province as enemy territory.