The omission of a verb of motion from the sentence tune demum nuntius
ad tertiam legionem reuocandam et Gallorum praesidium is very difficult.(42) In its defence Briscoe cites three passages, but none convinces: at 44.24.1 eodem tempore et ad Eumenem et ad Antiochum communia mandata, quae subicere condicio rerum poterat it is easy to conjecture mandata <data> or <sunt data> with Weissenborn;(43) at Cic.