Caesar C. Procillum et M. Mettium mittit quī dē hīs rēbus cum Ariovistō agant; hīs imperat ut omnēs rēs cognoscant; sed Ariovistus cōnantēs dīcere prohibuit et in catēnās coniēcit.
Eōdem diē castrīs
mōtīs Ariovistus sex mīlibus passuum ā Caesaris castrīs sub monte consēdit.
Posteā praeter castra Caesaris suās cōpiās dūxit et castra fēcit, ut
frūmentō commeātūque Caesarem interclūderet; illō tempore Sēquanī et
Aeduī frūmentum Rōmānīs dabant.
Ex eō diē diēs
continuōs quīnque Caesar prō castrīs suās cōpiās dūxit et aciem instruxit, ut
contrā hostēs proeliō contenderet. Ariovistus autem hīs omnibus diēbus
exercitum continuit, equestrī proeliō cotīdiē contendit.
Subjunctive usage
(1) purpose:
[a] ut +
subjunctive
castra fēcit, ut
frūmentō commeātūque Caesarem interclūderet
(he) established a
camp, in order to cut Caesar off from grain and supplies
[literally: in order that he might / would cut Caesar off …]
aciem instruxit, ut
contrā hostēs proeliō contenderet.
(he) drew up his
battle line, in order to engage the enemy in battle [literally: in order
that he might / would engage …]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/02/050526-level-3-subjunctive-32-dependent.html
[b] quī +
subjunctive; when the focus is on a person who is to perform the action
Caesar C.
Procillum et M. Mettium mittit quī dē hīs rēbus cum Ariovistō agant
Caesar sends Gaius
Procillus and Marcus Mettius to discuss these matters with Ariovistus
[literally: who may discuss …]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/02/180526-level-3-subjunctive-38-dependent.html
(2) indirect
command
hīs imperat ut
omnēs rēs cognoscant
he orders them to
learn all the facts [literally: he commands that they should learn …]
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2026/02/190626-level-3-subjunctive-53-dependent.html
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Caesar sends Gaius
Procillus and Marcus Mettius to discuss these matters with Ariovistus; he
orders them to learn all the facts; but Ariovistus forbade them to speak and
threw them into chains.
On the same day,
after breaking camp, Ariovistus took up a position under a mountain six miles
from Caesar's camp. Afterwards he led his forces past Caesar's camp and
established a camp, in order to cut Caesar off from grain and supplies; at that
time the Sequani and the Aedui were supplying grain to the Romans.
From that day for
five consecutive days Caesar led his forces out in front of the camp and drew
up his battle line, in order to engage the enemy in battle. Ariovistus,
however, kept his army within the camp throughout all these days and fought
cavalry skirmishes every day.