Passage Comprehension in Caesar - AP Latin

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After being warned of an imminent attack by the Gauls, Caesar’s men debate whether to stay in their camp or attempt to join another unit.

1 Lucius Aurunculeius compluresque tribuni militum et primorum ordinum

2 centuriones nihil temere agendum neque ex hibernis iniussu Caesaris

3 discedendum existimabant: quantasvis \[magnas\] copias etiam Germanorum

4 sustineri posse munitis hibernis docebant: rem esse testimonio, quod

5 primum hostium impetum multis ultro vulneribus illatis fortissime

6 sustinuerint: re frumentaria non premi; interea et ex proximis hibernis et a

7 Caesare conventura subsidia: postremo quid esse levius aut turpius, quam

8 auctore hoste de summis rebus capere consilium?

Who is NOT included in the group expressing an opinion in lines 1-3?

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Lucius Aurunculeius, the tribunes of the soldiers ("tribuni militum"), and the centurions ("centuriones") are all the subject of the main verb of the sentence "existimabant" (they believed). Caesar does appear in the sentence, but as a genitive with "iniussu"(without the order of Caesar); the fact that Caesar hasn’t ordered them to leave the camp makes them hesitant. Keep in mind that at this point in the narrative, Caesar is spending the winter elsewhere.

(Passage adapted from Gallic Wars, 5:28)

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