De Bello Civili 3.3

BC 3.3.1Pompēius annuum spatium ad conparandās cōpiās nactus, quod vacuum ā bellō atque ab hoste ōtiōsum fuerat, magnam ex Asiā Cycladibusque īnsulīs Corcȳrā Athēnīs Pontō Bīthȳniā Syriā Ciliciā Phoenīcē Aegyptō classem coēgerat, magnam omnibus locīs aedificandam cūrāverat, magnam imperātam Asiae Syriae rēgibusque omnibus et dynastīs et tetrarchīs et līberīs Achāiae populīs pecūniam exēgerat, magnam societātēs eārum prōvinciārum, quās ipse obtinēbat, sibi numerāre coēgerat.Pompey, having gained a whole year to prepare his forces, a year that had been free of war and undisturbed by any enemy, had gathered a large fleet from Asia and the Cyclades islands, Corcyra, Athens, Pontus, Bithynia, Syria, Cilicia, Phoenicia and Egypt; he had seen to the building of a large one in every place; he had exacted a large sum of money levied on Asia and Syria and on all the kings, princes and tetrarchs and the free peoples of Achaea; and he had forced the tax-collecting companies of the provinces which he himself held to pay him a large sum.Note. Four parallel clauses each begin with magnam: magnam … classem coēgerat, magnam … aedificandam cūrāverat, magnam … pecūniam exēgerat, magnam [pecūniam] societātēs … numerāre coēgerat. cūrāre with a gerundive: 'have something done'. societātēs: the companies of tax-farmers (pūblicānī). dynastīs et tetrarchīs: the petty rulers of the East.