1.41.1Hāc ōrātiōne habitā mīrum in modum conversae sunt omnium mentēs summaque alacritās et cupiditās bellī gerendī innāta est, prīncepsque X. legiō per tribūnōs mīlitum eī grātiās ēgit quod dē sē optimum iūdicium fēcisset, sēque esse ad bellum gerendum parātissimam cōnfirmāvit.After this speech, everyone's mind was changed in a remarkable way, and the greatest eagerness and desire to fight sprang up; the tenth legion was the first to thank him through its military tribunes for his very high opinion of it, and declared that it was fully ready to fight.Note. mīrum in modum: 'in a wonderful way'. X. legiō is decima legiō, 'the tenth legion'. 1.41.3Deinde reliquae legiōnēs cum tribūnīs mīlitum et prīmōrum ōrdinum centuriōnibus ēgērunt utī Caesarī satis facerent: sē neque umquam dubitāsse neque timuisse neque dē summā bellī suum iūdicium sed imperātōris esse exīstimāvisse.Then the other legions, through their military tribunes and the centurions of the first ranks, arranged to make their apologies to Caesar: they had never doubted or feared, they said, nor thought that the conduct of the war was their business rather than their general's. 1.41.4Eōrum satisfactiōne acceptā et itinere exquīsītō per Dīviciācum, quod ex Gallīs eī maximam fidem habēbat, ut mīlium amplius quīnquāgintā circuitū locīs apertīs exercitum dūceret, dē quārtā vigiliā, ut dīxerat, profectus est.Their apology was accepted, and the route was explored by Diviciacus, because of all the Gauls Caesar trusted him most, so that he could lead the army through open country by a detour of more than fifty miles; then, as he had said, Caesar set out in the fourth watch.Note. mīlium amplius quīnquāgintā circuitū: 'by a detour of more than fifty miles'.
1.41.5Septimō diē, cum iter nōn intermitteret, ab explōrātōribus certior factus est Ariovistī cōpiās ā nostrīs mīlia passuum IIII et XX abesse.On the seventh day, as he kept on marching without a break, he learned from scouts that Ariovistus's forces were twenty-four miles from ours.