de bello gallico, 5.24

With the ships having been beached and with the assembly of the Gauls of Samarobriva having been completed, because in this year the grain had arrived in Gaul more scantily on account of droughts, (Caesar) was forced to post the army in winter quarters otherwise than in previous years, and to distribute the legions into many states. From which he gave one to Gaius Fabius, the lieutenant, to be lead among the Morini, another to Quintus Cicero (to be lead) among the Nervi, a third to Lucius Roscius to be lead among the Esubii; he ordered the forth to winter among the Remi with Titus Labienius in the territory of the Trevi. Three he placed among the Belgi: and he put Marcus Crassus, the quaestor, and Lucius Munatius Placus and Gaius Trebonius, the lieutenants, in charge of them. He sent one legion, which he had conscripted most closely across the (Po) Padum, and he sent one legion and five cohorts among the Eburones, of whom the greatest part is between the Mosa and the Rhine, who were under the authority of Ambiorix and Catuvolcus. He ordered Quintus Tituruis Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius, the lieutenants, to be in charge of these soldiers. Having distributed the legions according to this method, he thought that he would be able to deal with the lack of grain most easily. And yet the winter quarters of all these legions were enclosed within a hundred miles, except this which he had given to Lucius Roscius to be lead into the most peaceful and most quiet region. He himself meanwhile, until he had learned that the legions had been placed and the winter quarters had been fortified, decided to stay behind in Gaul.