Caesar's De Bello Gallico 5.24

Question 1

Subductīs navibus conciliōque Gallorum Samarobrivae peractō,

Answer 1

With the ships having been drawn up and a council of the Gauls having been completed at Samarobriva,

Question 2

quod eō annō frumentum in Galliā propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

Answer 2

because in this year the corn had yielded more narrowly in Gaul on account of the droughts,

Question 3

coactus est aliter ac superioribus annīs exercitum in hibernīs collocare

Answer 3

he was compelled to place the army in winter quarters otherwise than in former years

Question 4

legionesque in plures civitates distribuere.

Answer 4

and to distribute the legions into more states.

Question 5

Ex quibus unam in Morinōs ducendam Gaiō Fabiō legatō dedit,

Answer 5

from which he gave one to Gaius Fabius the lieutenant to be led among the Morini,

Question 6

alteram in Nervios Quintō Ciceronī,

Answer 6

another to Quintus Cicero among the Nervii,

Question 7

tertiam in Esubios Luciō Rosciō;

Answer 7

the third to Lucius Roscius among the Esuvii;

Question 8

quartum in Remīs cum Titō Labienō in confiniō Treverorum hiemare iussit.

Answer 8

He ordered the fourth to winter on the border of the Treviri along the Remi with Titus Labienus.

Question 9

Tres in Bellovacīs collocavit:

Answer 9

He placed three in Belgium:

Question 10

hīs Marcum Crassum quaestorem et Lucium Munatium Plancum et Gaium Trebonium legatōs praefecit.

Answer 10

he appointed over these Marcus Crassus as quaestor and Lucius Munatius Plancus and Gaius Trebonius as lieutenants.

Question 11

Unam legionem,

Answer 11

One legion,

Question 12

quam proxime trans Padum conscripserat,

Answer 12

which he hd levied very lately across the Po,

Question 13

et cohortes V in Eburones,

Answer 13

and five cohorts into the Eburones,

Question 14

quorum pars maxima est inter Mosam ac Rhenum,

Answer 14

of who the greatest part is between the Mense and the Rhine,

Question 15

qui sub imperiō Ambiorigis et Catuvolcī erant,

Answer 15

who were under the authority of Ambiorix and of Catuvolcus,

Question 16

misit.

Answer 16

he sent.

Question 17

Hīs militibus Quintum Titurium Sabinum et Lucium Aurunculeium Cottam legatōs praeesse iussit.

Answer 17

He ordered lieutenants Quintus Titurius Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta to command these soldiers.

Question 18

Ad hunc modum distributīs legionibus facillime inopiae frumentatiae sese mederī posse existimavit.

Answer 18

With the legions distributed according to this manner, he thought himself able to relieve most easily the corn scarcity.

Question 19

Atque hārum tamen omnium legionum hiberna praeter eam,

Answer 19

and moreover the winter quarters of all of these legions except this one,

Question 20

quam Luciō Rosciō in pacatissimam et quietissimam partem ducendam dederat,

Answer 20

which he had given to Lucius Roscius to be led into the most peaceful and calmest portion,

Question 21

milibus passuum centum continebanter.

Answer 21

they were contained in a hundred thousand paces.

Question 22

Ipse interea,

Answer 22

Meanwhile he himself,

Question 23

quoad legiones collocatas munitaque hiberna cognovisset,

Answer 23

until he had known that the legions were settled and the winter quarters were fortified,

Question 24

in Galliā morarī constituit.

Answer 24

he resolved to delay in Gaul.