BC 1.87.1Caesar ex eō tempore, dum ad flūmen Vārum veniātur, sē frūmentum datūrum pollicētur.Caesar promises to supply them with corn from that time until they reach the river Var.Note. dum … veniātur: 'until they reach'. BC 1.87.1addit etiam, ut quid quisque eōrum in bellō āmīserit, quae sint penes mīlitēs suōs, iīs quī āmīserant restituātur;He adds also that whatever each of them had lost in the war, if it was in the possession of his own soldiers, should be returned to those who had lost it;Note. quid quisque … āmīserit: 'whatever each had lost'. BC 1.87.1mīlitibus aequā factā aestimātiōne pecūniam prō hīs rēbus dissolvit.to the soldiers he paid the value of these things in money, after a fair valuation.Note. aequā factā aestimātiōne: ablative absolute, 'a fair valuation being made'. BC 1.87.2quāscumque posteā contrōversiās inter sē mīlitēs habuērunt, suā sponte ad Caesarem in iūs adiērunt.Whatever disputes the soldiers had among themselves after this, they brought to Caesar for judgement of their own accord.Note. in iūs adiērunt: 'went to law', i.e. brought their disputes to Caesar as judge. BC 1.87.3Petrēius atque Afrānius cum stīpendium ab legiōnibus paene sēditiōne factā flāgitārētur, cuius illī diem nōndum vēnisse dīcerent, Caesar ut cognōsceret, postulātum est, eōque utrīque, quod statuit, contentī fuērunt.When the legions were demanding their pay from Petreius and Afranius, almost to the point of mutiny, and they said that the day for it had not yet come, it was asked that Caesar should decide, and both were content with his ruling.Note. cuius … diem: 'the day for which (the pay)'. eōque … quod statuit: 'with what he decided'.
BC 1.87.4parte circiter tertiā exercitūs eō bīduō dīmissā duās legiōnēs suās antecēdere, reliquās subsequī iussit, ut nōn longō inter sē spatiō castra facerent, eīque negōtiō Q. Fūfium Calēnum lēgātum praefēcit.About a third of the army was discharged in those two days; he ordered two of his own legions to go ahead and the rest to follow, so that they camped at no great distance from one another, and put the legate Quintus Fufius Calenus in charge of this task.Note. eī negōtiō … praefēcit: 'put in charge of this task'. Quintus Fufius Calenus later became consul (47 BC). BC 1.87.5hōc eius praescrīptō ex Hispāniā ad Vārum flūmen est iter factum, atque ibi reliqua pars exercitūs dīmissa est.Following his instructions, the march was made from Spain to the river Var, and there the rest of the army was discharged.Note. hōc eius praescrīptō: 'following this instruction of his'.