De bello Gallico MCQ translation chunks

(Para 1 ) At Cotta

But Cotta

quī cōgitāsset

Since he had realized

haec posse in itinere accidere

that these things can happen on the journey

atque ob eam causam

and for this reason

profectiōnis auctor non fuisset

had not been the authority of the departure

nūllā in rē commūnī salūtī dēerat

he was neglecting the common health in no affair

et in appellandīs cohortandīsque mīlitibus

both in addressing and encouraging the soldiers

imperātōris et in pugnā mīlitis officia praestābat

he performed the duties of a commander in the battle of a soldier

(Para 2) Cum propter longitūdinem agminis

Since on account of the length of the battle line

(para 2) minus facile omnia per sē obīre

they less easily attend to everything through themselves

(para 2) et, quid quōque locō faciendum esset,

and what had to be done in each position

(para 2) prōvidēre possent,

they were able to provide for them

(Para 2) iussērunt prōnūntiāre,

they ordered the centurions to command

(Para 2) ut impedīmenta relinquerent

that they should leave behind the heavy baggage

(para 2) atque in orbem cōnsisterent.

and should stand still in a circle