De Bello Gallico 8.30

8.30.1Quā ex fugā cum cōnstāret Drappetem Senonem, quī, ut prīmum dēfēcerat Gallia, collēctīs undique perditīs hominibus, servīs ad lībertātem vocātīs, exulibus omnium cīvitātum adscītīs, receptīs latrōnibus impedīmenta et commeātūs Rōmānōrum intercēperat, nōn amplius hominum duōbus mīlibus ex fugā collēctīs prōvinciam petere ūnāque cōnsilium cum eō Lucterium Cadurcum cēpisse, quem superiōre commentāriō prīmā dēfectiōne Galliae facere in prōvinciam voluisse impetum cognitum est, Canīnius lēgātus cum legiōnibus duābus ad eōs persequendōs contendit, nē dētrīmentō aut timōre prōvinciae magna īnfāmia perditōrum hominum latrōciniīs caperētur.

It became known that after this flight Drappes, a Senonian, who, as soon as Gaul had revolted, had gathered desperate men from everywhere, called slaves to freedom, recruited exiles from all the states and taken in bandits, and had cut off the baggage and supplies of the Romans, was making for the Province with no more than two thousand men collected from the rout, and that Lucterius the Cadurcan had joined him in the plan, who, as was told in the previous book, had wanted to make an attack on the Province at the first revolt of Gaul; so the legate Caninius hurries with two legions to pursue them, so that the Province should not suffer great disgrace from loss or terror caused by the raids of desperate men.

Note. One very long sentence: the cum-clause (Quā ex fugā cum cōnstāret) holds three indirect statements before the main clause, Canīnius … contendit. Drappētem Senonem: 'Drappes the Senonian'. superiōre commentāriō: 'in the previous book' (Book VII). nē … caperētur: 'so that the Province should not suffer…'.