De Bello Civili 3.34

BC 3.34.1Caesar Antōnī exercitū coniūnctō dēductā Ōricō legiōne, quam tuendae ōrae maritimae causā posuerat, temptandās sibi prōvinciās longiusque prōcēdendum exīstimābat et, cum ad eum ex Thessaliā Aetōliāque lēgātī vēnissent, quī praesidiō missō pollicērentur eārum gentium cīvitātēs imperāta factūrās, L. Cassium Longīnum cum legiōne tīrōnum, quae appellābātur xxvii, atque equitibus cc in Thessaliam, item C. Calvīsium Sabīnum cum cohortibus v paucīsque equitibus in Aetōliam mīsit;

Caesar, now that Antony's army had been joined to his and the legion he had stationed at Oricum to guard the coast had been withdrawn, thought he must test the provinces and advance further; and when envoys came to him from Thessaly and Aetolia, promising that if a garrison were sent the cities of those peoples would do what they were ordered, he sent Lucius Cassius Longinus with the legion of recruits called the Twenty-seventh and 200 cavalry into Thessaly, and likewise Gaius Calvisius Sabinus with five cohorts and a few cavalry into Aetolia;

Note. Antōnī exercitū coniūnctō: ablative absolute. Ōricō: 'from Oricum'. temptandās sibi prōvinciās … prōcēdendum: passive periphrastics with dative of agent sibi, 'that the provinces must be tested by him and he must advance'. imperāta factūrās: 'would do what they were ordered'. xxvii, cc, v: the Twenty-seventh legion, 200 cavalry, 5 cohorts.

BC 3.34.2maximē eōs, quod erant propinquae regiōnēs, dē rē frūmentāriā ut prōvidērent, hortātus est.

he urged them above all to see to the grain supply, since those regions were near.

Note. dē rē frūmentāriā ut prōvidērent: 'to see to the grain supply'; ut-clause after hortātus est.

BC 3.34.3Cn. Domitium Calvīnum cum legiōnibus duābus, xi et xii, et equitibus d in Macedoniam proficīscī iussit;

He ordered Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus to set out for Macedonia with two legions, the Eleventh and the Twelfth, and 500 cavalry;

Note. Cn. Domitius Calvinus, a different man from L. Domitius Ahenobarbus of Book I. xi et xii: the Eleventh and Twelfth legions. d: 500.

BC 3.34.4cuius prōvinciae ab eā parte, quae lībera appellābātur, Menedēmus, prīnceps eārum regiōnum, missus lēgātus omnium suōrum excellēns studium profitēbātur.

from the part of that province called 'free', Menedemus, the leading man of those regions, had been sent as an envoy and was declaring the outstanding zeal of all his people.

Note. quae lībera appellābātur: part of Macedonia had kept a nominal freedom. prīnceps: here a noun, 'the leading man'. excellēns studium: 'outstanding zeal'.