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De Bello Gallico 6.44
The trial of Acco and winter quarters
Caesar, De Bello Gallico VI. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō6.44.1Tālī modō vāstātīs regiōnibus exercitum Caesar duārum cohortium damnō Durocortorum Rēmōrum redūcit conciliōque in eum locum Galliae indictō dē coniūrātiōne Senonum et Carnutum quaestiōnem habēre īnstituit et dē Accōne, quī prīnceps eius cōnsilī fuerat, graviōre sententiā prōnūntiātā mōre maiōrum supplicium sūmpsit.
After laying waste the regions in this way, Caesar brought the army back, with the loss of two cohorts, to Durocortorum of the Remi; and having called a council of Gaul to that place he decided to hold an inquiry into the conspiracy of the Senones and Carnutes; and on Acco, who had been the leader of that plan, a harsher sentence was pronounced, and he inflicted punishment in the ancestral way.
Note. mōre maiōrum supplicium sūmpsit: the old Roman way of execution was flogging followed by beheading.
6.44.3Nōn nūllī iūdicium veritī profūgērunt.
Some, fearing trial, fled.
6.44.3Quibus cum aquā atque ignī interdīxisset, duās legiōnēs ad fīnēs Trēverōrum, duās in Lingonibus, sex reliquās in Senonum fīnibus Agēdincī in hībernīs collocāvit frūmentōque exercituī prōvīsō, ut īnstituerat, in Ītaliam ad conventūs agendōs profectus est.
When he had forbidden them fire and water, he placed two legions in winter quarters on the borders of the Treveri, two among the Lingones, and the remaining six at Agedincum in the land of the Senones; and having provided grain for the army, he set out, as he had planned, for Italy to hold the assizes.
Note. aquā atque ignī interdīxisset: a formula of banishment. Forbidding a man fire and water meant no one could give him shelter.
Vocabulary
| tālis, -e | such |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| vāstō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | lay waste |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| exercitus, -ūs, m. | army |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| cohors, cohortis f. | cohort (a tenth of a legion); company |
| damnum, -ī, n. | harm, injury |
| redūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring back; restore |
| concilium, -ī n. | meeting, council |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| indīcō, -ere, -dīxī, -dictum | proclaim, call (a meeting) |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| coniūrātiō, -ōnis f. | conspiracy |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| quaestiō, -ōnis f. | inquiry, examination |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| īnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | decide upon, determine |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| prīnceps, -ipis | first, chief; as noun: leader |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
| sententia, -ae, f. | opinion; purpose |
| prōnūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | proclaim, announce |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| maiōrēs, -um m. pl. | ancestors |
| supplicium, -ī, n. | punishment, torture |
| sūmō, sūmere, sūmpsī, sūmptus | take under or up, take; poenam sūmere, to exact or inflict punishment |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| iūdicium, -ī n. | trial, court; judgment |
| vereor, -ērī, -itus | fear |
| profugiō, -ere, -fūgī | flee, escape |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| interdīcō, -ere, -dīxī, -dictum | forbid; (+ dat. and abl.) bar someone from |
| legiō, -ōnis f. | legion |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| sex (indecl.) | six |
| reliquus, -a, -um | left, the remaining, the other, the rest of |
| hīberna, -ōrum n. pl. | winter quarters |
| collocō (conlocō), -āre, -āvī, -ātum | place, station; give in marriage |
| frūmentum, -ī, n. | grain |
| prōvideō, -ēre, -vīdī, -vīsum | foresee; provide for |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| conventus, -ūs m. | meeting, assembly |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |