De Bello Civili 3.82

BC 3.82.1Pompēius paucīs post diēbus in Thessaliam pervēnit cōntiōnātusque apud cūnctum exercitum suīs agit grātiās, Scīpiōnis mīlitēs cohortātur, ut partā iam victōriā praedae ac praemiōrum velint esse participēs, receptīsque omnibus in ūna castra legiōnibus suum cum Scīpiōne honōrem partītur classicumque apud eum canī et alterum illī iubet praetōrium tendī.

A few days later Pompey reached Thessaly; he addressed the whole army, thanked his own men, and urged Scipio's soldiers, now that victory was already won, to be willing to share in the plunder and the rewards; he received all the legions into a single camp, shared his honours with Scipio, and ordered the trumpet signal to be sounded at his quarters too and a second headquarters tent to be pitched for him.

Note. contiōnātus: from the deponent contiōnor, 'having addressed the assembly'. partā iam victōriā: ablative absolute, 'since victory was already won' — they speak as though it were. classicum … canī: the trumpet signal normally sounded only at the commander-in-chief's quarters; Pompey shares this honour with Scipio.

BC 3.82.2auctīs cōpiīs Pompēī duōbusque magnīs exercitibus coniūnctīs prīstina omnium cōnfirmātur opīniō et spēs victōriae augētur, adeō ut, quidquid intercēderet temporis, id morārī reditum in Ītaliam vidērētur, et sīquandō quid Pompēius tardius aut cōnsīderātius faceret, ūnīus esse negōtium diēī, sed illum dēlectārī imperiō et cōnsulārēs praetōriōsque servōrum habēre numerō dīcerent.

Now that Pompey's forces were increased and two great armies joined, everyone's earlier opinion was confirmed and their hope of victory grew, so much so that any time that passed seemed to them to be delaying their return to Italy; and whenever Pompey acted rather slowly or cautiously, they said that it was the business of a single day, but that he enjoyed his command and treated men of consular and praetorian rank as slaves.

Note. quidquid intercēderet temporis: 'whatever time passed'. ūnīus esse negōtium diēī: 'it was the work of a single day'. cōnsulārēs praetōriōsque: ex-consuls and ex-praetors. servōrum … numerō: 'as slaves'. Caesar is reporting the talk of the Pompeians, not his own view.

BC 3.82.3iamque inter sē palam dē imperiīs ac dē sacerdōtiīs contendēbant in annōsque cōnsulātum dēfīniēbant, aliī domōs bonaque eōrum, quī in castrīs erant Caesaris, petēbant;

And now they were openly quarrelling among themselves over offices and priesthoods, and settling consulships for years ahead; others claimed the houses and property of those who were in Caesar's camp;

Note. dē imperiīs ac dē sacerdōtiīs: 'about commands and priesthoods'. in annōs … dēfīniēbant: 'were allotting the consulship for years ahead'. eōrum quī in castrīs erant Caesaris: the property of Caesar's supporters, which they expected to confiscate.

BC 3.82.4magnaque inter eōs in cōnsiliō fuit contrōversia, oportēretne Lūcīlī Hirrī, quod is ā Pompēiō ad Parthōs missus esset, proximīs comitiīs praetōriīs absentis ratiōnem habērī, cum eius necessāriī fidem implōrārent Pompēī, praestāret, quod proficīscentī recēpisset, nē per eius auctōritātem dēceptus vidērētur, reliquī, in labōre parī ac perīculō nē ūnus omnēs antecēderet, recūsārent.

and there was a great dispute in their council whether Lucilius Hirrus, because he had been sent by Pompey to the Parthians, ought to be allowed to stand in his absence at the next election of praetors: his friends begged Pompey to keep faith, and to make good what he had promised him when he set out, so that he would not seem to have been deceived by trusting Pompey's authority; the rest objected that, when the toil and danger were equal, one man should not get ahead of them all.

Note. oportēretne: oportēret + -ne, introducing an indirect question. ratiōnem habērī: 'that his candidacy be accepted', i.e. that he could stand for election in his absence. quod proficīscentī recēpisset: 'what he had promised him when he was leaving'. nē ūnus omnēs antecēderet: 'that one man should not get ahead of all'.