C. Iulius Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.47

Caesar is on the march toward Cicero's camp and the summoned legions are converging on him. the passage covers his arrangements at Samarobriva, where the army's baggage and hostages are stored, and the dispatch he receives from Labienus, whose camp lies near the Treveri. the deaths of Sabinus and his cohorts among the Eburones are in the background.

 

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hōrā tertiā mīlitēs quī ante exercitum ībant ad Caesarem vēnērunt. hī mīlitēs dīxērunt: 'Crassus adest.' eō diē Caesar mīlia passuum XX prōcessit.

 

deinde Caesar Crassum Samarobrīvae relīquit et eī legiōnem dedit. ibi enim Caesar multās rēs relinquēbat: impedīmenta exercitūs, obsidēs cīvitātum, litterās pūblicās, et omne frūmentum. hoc frūmentum eō portāverat, quod mīlitēs per hiemem cibum habēre dēbēbant.

 

Fabius quoque nōn diū mānsit. Caesar enim eī imperāverat. itaque Fabius cum legiōne vēnit et Caesarī in itinere occurrit.

 

Labiēnus dē morte Sabīnī iam cognōverat. multī mīlitēs Rōmānī in caede perierant. tum omnēs cōpiae Trēverōrum ad castra Labiēnī vēnērunt.

 

Labiēnus litterās ad Caesarem mīsit. in litterīs haec scrīpsit: 'ego timeō. sī ex hībernīs discēdō, iter meum fugae simile erit. impetum hostium sustinēre nōn possum. hostēs enim nōs vīcērunt et nunc fortiōrēs sunt. omnēs equitēs peditēsque Trēverōrum castra posuērunt. haec castra sunt tria mīlia passuum ā castrīs meīs.'

 

Labiēnus etiam dē pugnā in Ebūrōnibus scrīpsit.

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