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Vbi haec comperta Antonio, (ubi haec comperta [sunt] Antonio: Antonio is dat. of agent, fairly common with passive tenses that require the use of the perf. participle, rare otherwise in prose, where abl. with a or ab is preferred; cf. G. 215, 354 and A.G. 375.) discordis animis, discretos viribus hostium exercitus adgredi statuit, (discordis animis, discretos viribus hostium exercitus adgredi statuit: ‘he decided to attack the enemy armies separated in their strength and in a state of dissention’; discordis animis is either abl. of quality, ‘with hearts discordant’ or abl. abs., ‘their minds being at variance’.) antequam ducibus auctoritas, militi obsequium et iunctis legionibus fiducia rediret. (antequam … rediret: subjunctive after antequam to denote anticipation) namque Fabium Valentem profectum ab urbe adceleraturumque cognita Caecinae proditione coniectabat; (coniectabat: ‘he felt sure’.) et (et: cf. note for et in ch. 14.) fidus Vitellio Fabius nec militiae ignarus. simul ingens Germanorum vis per Raetiam (per Raetiam: cf. note for infesta Raetia in ch. 5.) timebatur. et Britannia Galliaque et Hispania auxilia Vitellius acciverat, immensam belli luem, (immensam belli luem: ‘a devastating engine of war’) ni Antonius id ipsum metuens festinato proelio victoriam praecepisset. (ni Antonius … victoriam praecepisset: plup. subjunctive for condition proven unreal in the past) universo cum exercitu secundis a Verona castris Bedriacum venit. (secundis a Verona castris Bedriacum venit: ‘on the second day of leaving camp’, given that Roman armies made their camp at the end of each day’s march; for Bedriacum cf. Book 2, ch. 23.) postero die legionibus ad muniendum (ad muniendum: use of ad + acc. gerund to express purpose) retentis, auxiliares cohortes in Cremonensem agrum missae ut specie parandarum copiarum (specie parandarum copiarum: lit. ‘with the appearance of supplies to be secured’; the gen. passive gerundive is preferred to the active gerund followed by direct object, i.e. parandi copias.) civili praeda miles imbueretur: ipse cum quattuor milibus equitum ad octavum a Bedriaco (ad octavum [miliarium] a Bedriaco: ‘to the eighth milestone from Bedriacum’) progressus quo licentius popularentur. (quo licentius popularentur: quo + subjunctive is another way to express purpose in Latin, especially if quo is followed by comparative.) exploratores, ut mos est, longius curabant. (curabant: ‘performed their task’.)