De Bello Gallico 8.2

8.2.1Quae nē opīniō Gallōrum cōnfirmārētur, Caesar Mārcum Antōnium quaestōrem suīs praefēcit hībernīs;

So that this belief of the Gauls should not be confirmed, Caesar put the quaestor Marcus Antonius in charge of his winter quarters;

Note. Quae nē opīniō … cōnfirmārētur: 'so that this belief should not be confirmed'; quae is a connecting relative, = et ea. Marcus Antōnius: the future triumvir Mark Antony, then quaestor.

8.2.1ipse equitum praesidiō prīdiē Kal. Iānuāriās ab oppidō Bibracte proficīscitur ad legiōnem XIII, quam nōn longē ā fīnibus Aeduōrum collocāverat in fīnibus Biturīgum, eīque adiungit legiōnem XI, quae proxima fuerat.

he himself, with a cavalry escort, sets out from the town of Bibracte on the day before the Kalends of January to the thirteenth legion, which he had stationed in the territory of the Bituriges, not far from the borders of the Aedui, and joins to it the eleventh legion, which had been nearest.

Note. prīdiē Kal. Iānuāriās: 'the day before the Kalends of January', i.e. 31 December 52 BC. Bibracte: the chief town of the Aedui (Mont Beuvray). legiōnem XIII: read 'tertiam decimam'.

8.2.2Bīnīs cohortibus ad impedīmenta tuenda relictīs reliquum exercitum in cōpiōsissimōs agrōs Biturīgum indūcit, quī, cum lātōs fīnēs et complūra oppida habērent, ūnīus legiōnis hībernīs nōn potuerint continērī quīn bellum parārent coniūrātiōnēsque facerent.

Leaving two cohorts each to guard the baggage, he leads the rest of the army into the very rich fields of the Bituriges, who, since they had wide territory and several towns, could not be kept by the winter quarters of one legion from preparing war and forming conspiracies.

Note. Bīnīs cohortibus: distributive, 'two cohorts each' (for each legion). quīn bellum parārent: after a negative verb of hindering, quīn means 'from' + -ing: 'could not be kept from preparing war'.