6.3.1Itaque nōndum hieme cōnfectā proximīs quattuor coāctīs legiōnibus dē imprōvīsō in fīnēs Nerviōrum contendit et, priusquam illī aut convenīre aut profugere possent, magnō pecoris atque hominum numerō captō atque eā praedā mīlitibus concessā vāstātīsque agrīs in dēditiōnem venīre atque obsidēs sibi dare coēgit.So, before the winter was over, he gathered the four nearest legions and marched unexpectedly into the territory of the Nervii; and before they could either gather or escape, he captured a great number of cattle and people, gave this booty to the soldiers, laid waste their fields, and forced them to surrender and give him hostages.Note. dē imprōvīsō: 'unexpectedly'. priusquam … possent: the subjunctive shows Caesar's aim of forestalling them. 6.3.3Eō celeriter cōnfectō negōtiō rūrsus in hīberna legiōnēs redūxit.That business quickly finished, he led the legions back into winter quarters. 6.3.4Conciliō Galliae prīmō vēre, ut īnstituerat, indictō, cum reliquī praeter Senonēs, Carnutēs Trēverōsque vēnissent, initium bellī ac dēfectiōnis hoc esse arbitrātus, ut omnia postpōnere vidērētur, concilium Lutētiam Parīsiōrum trānsfert.He called the council of Gaul at the beginning of spring, as he had planned; when all the rest except the Senones, Carnutes and Treveri had come, he judged this to be the beginning of war and revolt, and so that he might seem to put everything else aside, he moved the council to Lutetia of the Parisii.Note. hoc esse … ut omnia postpōnere vidērētur: the text is compressed; Caesar treats the absence as the start of war and moves the council so that he might seem to put everything else aside for it. Lutētiam Parīsiōrum: the island town in the Seine that became Paris.
6.3.5Cōnfīnēs erant hī Senonibus cīvitātemque patrum memoriā coniūnxerant, sed ab hōc cōnsiliō āfuisse exīstimābantur.They bordered on the Senones and had joined their state to them in the time of their fathers, but they were thought to have had no part in this plan. 6.3.6Hāc rē prō suggestū prōnūntiātā eōdem diē cum legiōnibus in Senonēs proficīscitur magnīsque itineribus eō pervēnit.After announcing this from the platform, he set out the same day with the legions against the Senones and reached them by forced marches.Note. prō suggestū: from the tribunal, the raised platform from which a commander addressed the troops or an assembly.