De Bello Gallico 7.7

7.7.1Interim Lucterius Cadurcus in Rutēnōs missus eam cīvitātem Arvernīs conciliat.

Meanwhile Lucterius the Cadurcan, sent against the Ruteni, wins that state over to the Arverni.

7.7.2Prōgressus in Nitiobrigēs et Gabalōs ab utrīsque obsidēs accipit et magnā coāctā manū in prōvinciam Narbōnem versus ēruptiōnem facere contendit.

Advancing into the territory of the Nitiobriges and the Gabali, he receives hostages from both, and having gathered a large band he hurries to make a raid into the Province in the direction of Narbo.

7.7.3Quā rē nūntiātā Caesar omnibus cōnsiliīs antevertendum exīstimāvit, ut Narbōnem proficīscerētur.

When this was reported, Caesar thought that going to Narbo should come before all other plans.

Note. omnibus cōnsiliīs antevertendum: impersonal gerundive, 'that he must put this before all other plans'.

7.7.4Eō cum vēnisset, timentēs cōnfirmat, praesidia in Rutēnīs prōvinciālibus, Volcīs Arecomicīs, Tolōsātibus circumque Narbōnem, quae loca hostibus erant fīnitima, cōnstituit;

When he had arrived there, he reassures the fearful and posts garrisons among the provincial Ruteni, the Volcae Arecomici, the Tolosates and around Narbo, places which bordered on the enemy;

7.7.5partem cōpiārum ex prōvinciā supplēmentumque, quod ex Ītaliā addūxerat, in Helviōs, quī fīnēs Arvernōrum contingunt, convenīre iubet.

he orders part of the forces from the Province, and the reinforcements he had brought from Italy, to assemble in the land of the Helvii, who border on the territory of the Arverni.