De Bello Gallico 6.5

6.5.1Hāc parte Galliae pācātā tōtus et mente et animō in bellum Trēverōrum et Ambiorīgis īnsistit.

With this part of Gaul at peace, he turned with his whole mind and heart to the war with the Treveri and Ambiorix.

6.5.2Cavarīnum cum equitātū Senonum sēcum proficīscī iubet, nē quis aut ex huius īrācundiā aut ex eō, quod meruerat, odiō cīvitātis mōtus exsistat.

He ordered Cavarinus to set out with him with the cavalry of the Senones, so that no disturbance should arise either from his hot temper or from the hatred of the state which he had earned.

Note. nē quis … mōtus exsistat: quis is indefinite after nē, 'that no disturbance should arise'. Cavarinus had been made king of the Senones by Caesar and driven out by them (Book V).

6.5.3Hīs rēbus cōnstitūtīs, quod prō explōrātō habēbat Ambiorīgem proeliō nōn esse concertātūrum, reliqua eius cōnsilia animō circumspiciēbat.

With these matters settled, because he took it as certain that Ambiorix would not fight a battle, he looked around in his mind for Ambiorix's other plans.

Note. prō explōrātō habēbat: 'he took it as certain'. esse concertātūrum: future infinitive in indirect statement.

6.5.4Erant Menapiī propinquī Eburōnum fīnibus, perpetuīs palūdibus silvīsque mūnītī, quī ūnī ex Galliā dē pāce ad Caesarem lēgātōs numquam mīserant.

The Menapii were neighbors of the territory of the Eburones, protected by continuous marshes and forests; they alone in Gaul had never sent envoys to Caesar about peace.

6.5.4Cum hīs esse hospitium Ambiorīgī sciēbat;

He knew that Ambiorix had ties of hospitality with them;

6.5.4item per Trēverōs vēnisse Germānīs in amīcitiam cognōverat.

he had learned too that through the Treveri he had come into friendship with the Germans.

6.5.5Haec prius illī dētrahenda auxilia exīstimābat quam ipsum bellō lacesseret, nē dēspērātā salūte aut sē in Menapiōs abderet aut cum Trānsrhēnānīs congredī cōgerētur.

He thought these sources of help should be taken from him before he attacked him directly in war, so that he should not, in despair of safety, either hide himself among the Menapii or be forced to join the Germans beyond the Rhine.

Note. prius … quam: priusquam split in two (tmesis). dētrahenda: gerundive with esse understood, 'that these sources of help should be taken from him'.

6.5.6Hōc initō cōnsiliō tōtīus exercitūs impedīmenta ad Labiēnum in Trēverōs mittit duāsque legiōnēs ad eum proficīscī iubet;

Having formed this plan, he sent the baggage of the whole army to Labienus among the Treveri and ordered two legions to set out to him;

6.5.6ipse cum legiōnibus expedītīs quīnque in Menapiōs proficīscitur.

he himself set out against the Menapii with five legions in light order.

6.5.7Illī nūllā coāctā manū locī praesidiō frētī in silvās palūdēsque cōnfugiunt suaque eōdem cōnferunt.

They gathered no force, but trusting in the protection of the ground, they fled into the forests and marshes and brought their belongings to the same place.