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.
