Liber Secundus (I-XV) |Second|| Buch Zwei (1-15) Book Two (1-15) Livre deux (1-15)

[1] 1 Cum esset Caesar in citeriore Gallia [in hibernis], ita uti supra demonstravimus, crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur litterisque item Labieni certior fiebat omnes Belgas, quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus, contra populum Romanum coniurare obsidesque inter se dare. when||||nearer||||||above|we have demonstrated|frequent|||rumors|were being brought|and by letter||||was being made||the Belgians||||||we had said||||to conspire|and hostages|||to be 2 Coniurandi has esse causas: primum quod vererentur ne, omni pacata Gallia, ad eos exercitus noster adduceretur; 3 deinde quod ab non nullis Gallis sollicitarentur, partim qui, ut Germanos diutius in Gallia versari noluerant, ita populi Romani exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant, partim qui mobilitate et levitate animi novis imperiis studebant; 4 ab non nullis etiam quod in Gallia a potentioribus atque iis qui ad conducendos homines facultates habebant vulgo regna occupabantur; qui minus facile eam rem imperio nostro consequi poterant. of conspiring|to be|||||they were afraid|||peaceful|||||our|should be brought against||because|||by some||they were being incited|partly|who|||longer|||to be involved|they had not wanted|||||to winter||to grow old|||troublesome|they were bringing|||mobility||levy|||empires|they were studying|||||||||the more powerful|||||conducting||||the common people||they were being occupied||less||||||to follow|

[2] 1 His nuntiis litterisque commotus Caesar duas legiones in citeriore Gallia novas conscripsit et inita aestate in ulteriorem Galliam qui deduceret Q. Pedium legatum misit. |messages|and letters|||||in|this side of||new|he enlisted||in the summer||||||would lead||Pedium|| 1 Having been moved by his messengers and letters, Caesar recruited two new legions in Gallia Citerior and, at the beginning of summer, sent Quintus Pedius, his legate, to lead them into Gallia Ulterior. 2 Ipse, cum primum pabuli copia esse inciperet, ad exercitum venit. |||forage|||began|||came 2 He himself, as soon as there began to be a supply of fodder, came to the army. 3 Dat negotium Senonibus reliquisque Gallis qui finitimi Belgis erant uti ea quae apud eos gerantur cognoscant seque de his rebus certiorem faciant. to the Dat||to the Senones|and the rest of|||||||||||are being done|they may know|themselves|||||they make 3 He assigns the task to the Senones and the other Gauls who were neighboring the Belgians to learn about the matters that are taking place among them and to inform themselves about these affairs. 4 Hi constanter omnes nuntiaverunt manus cogi, exercitum in unum locum conduci. |surely||they announced|hand|to be gathered|||||to be led 4 Indeed, all consistently reported that the hands were to be gathered, and the army was to be led to one place. Tum vero dubitandum non existimavit quin ad eos proficisceretur. ||to be doubted||he thought||||he would set out Then indeed he did not think it necessary to hesitate whether he should set out to them. Re frumentaria provisa castra movet diebusque circiter XV ad fines Belgarum pervenit. |grain|having been provided||moves|and on the days||||||he arrives With the grain supply arranged, he moved the camp and arrived at the borders of the Belgae in about 15 days.

[3] 1 Eo cum de improviso celeriusque omnium opinione venisset, Remi, qui proximi Galliae ex Belgis sunt, ad eum legatos Iccium et Andebrogium, primos civitatis, miserunt, 2 qui dicerent se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere, neque se cum reliquis Belgis consensisse neque contra populum Romanum coniurasse, 3 paratosque esse et obsides dare et imperata facere et oppidis recipere et frumento ceterisque rebus iuvare; 4 reliquos omnes Belgas in armis esse, Germanosque qui cis Rhenum incolant sese cum his coniunxisse, 5 tantumque esse eorum omnium furorem ut ne Suessiones quidem, fratres consanguineosque suos, qui eodem iure et isdem legibus utantur, unum imperium unumque magistratum cum ipsis habeant, deterrere potuerint quin cum iis consentirent. ||||and more quickly||opinion|had come|the Remi||||||||||Iccius||Andebrogium|the first||||||their own things|||faith|||||to allow||||the remaining||to have agreed|||||to have conspired|and prepared||||||imperata||||to receive|||and the others|rebus|to help|||||||and the Germans||cis||to inhabit||||to have joined|and only||||fury|||the Suessiones|indeed||||||||the same||they may use|||and|magistrate|||they have|to deter|they would be able|that|||they would consent [3] 1 When he had arrived unexpectedly and more quickly than everyone had expected, the Remi, who are the nearest from the Belgae, sent ambassadors to him, Iccius and Andebrogium, the leading men of the state, 2 who stated that they were placing themselves and all their belongings in the faith and power of the Roman people, and that they had neither conspired with the other Belgae nor against the Roman people, 3 and that they were prepared to give hostages and obey orders and take in troops and assist with grain and other matters; 4 that all the remaining Belgae were in arms and that the Germans living on this side of the Rhine had joined themselves with them, 5 and that the madness of all of them was so great that even the Suessiones, their brothers and kinsmen, who used the same rights and laws, could not deter them from agreeing with them, nor could they share one command and one magistracy with them.

[4] 1 Cum ab iis quaereret quae civitates quantaeque in armis essent et quid in bello possent, sic reperiebat: plerosque Belgos esse ortos a Germanis Rhenumque antiquitus traductos propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse Gallosque qui ea loca incolerent expulisse, solosque esse qui, 2 patrum nostrorum memoria omni Gallia vexata, Teutonos Cimbrosque intra suos fines ingredi prohibuerint; 3 qua ex re fieri uti earum rerum memoria magnam sibi auctoritatem magnosque spiritus in re militari sumerent. |||he was asking|||and how great|||||||||||most|Belgians||originated|||and the Rhine|from ancient times|transferred|||fertility||to have settled|and the Gauls|||fertility|inhabited|to have expelled|and||who||||||vexata|Teutons|and the Cimbri||||to enter|they had prohibited||||to be||of them|||||authority|and great|||||they took 1 When he sought from them which cities were how strong in arms and what they could achieve in war, he found that most of the Belgians were descended from the Germans, who had been transferred across the Rhine long ago because of the fertility of the land and had settled there, having expelled the Gauls who inhabited those places, and that they alone, in the memory of our ancestors, had kept the Teutons and Cimbri from entering their territories while all of Gaul was being ravaged; from this circumstance came about that the memory of these events gave them great authority and great confidence in military matters. 4 De numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant, propterea quod propinquitatibus adfinitatibusque coniuncti quantam quisque multitudinem in communi Belgarum concilio ad id bellum pollicitus sit cognoverint. ||||||explored|||||by reason of their proximity|and by ties of affinity|joined|how great||the multitude||||council||||promised||they would know 4 They said that they had thoroughly examined the number of them, because they had learned how many people each had promised for the common council of the Belgae for that war, due to their connections by kinship and marriage. 5 Plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute et auctoritate et hominum numero valere: hos posse conficere armata milia centum, pollicitos ex eo numero electa milia LX totiusque belli imperium sibi postulare. very much|||Bellovaci||||authority||||to be strong|||to accomplish|armed|||promising||||elected||60|of the whole||||to demand 5 Among them, the Bellovaci are very powerful both in virtue and authority and in the number of men: they can assemble armed forces of a hundred thousand, and from that number they promise to elect sixty thousand and claim command of the whole war. 6 Suessiones suos esse finitimos; fines latissimos feracissimosque agros possidere. |||||very wide|and very fertile||to possess 6 The Suessiones consider themselves neighbors; they possess extensive and very fertile lands. 7 Apud eos fuisse regem nostra etiam memoria Diviciacum, totius Galliae potentissimum, qui cum magnae partis harum regionum, tum etiam Britanniae imperium obtinuerit; nunc esse regem Galbam: ad hunc propter iustitiam prudentiamque summam totius belli omnium voluntate deferri; oppida habere numero XII, polliceri milia armata L; totidem Nervios, 8 qui maxime feri inter ipsos habeantur longissimeque absint; 9 XV milia Atrebates, Ambianos X milia, Morinos XXV milia, Menapios VII milia, Caletos X milia, Veliocasses et Viromanduos totidem, Atuatucos XVIIII milia; 10 Condrusos, Eburones, Caerosos, Paemanos, qui uno nomine Germani appellantur, arbitrari ad XL milia. |||king|||||||most powerful|||of a great||of these||||of Britain||has obtained||||Galba|||||and prudence||of the whole||||to be carried||||XII|to promise||army||as many|Nervios|||to be|||be held|and very long|absent|||Atrebates|Ambianos|||Morinos|XXV||Menapians|VII||Caletos|||Veliocasses||Viromanduos||Atuatucos|||Condrusos|Eburones|Caerosos|Paemanos||||||to consider||XL| 7 Among them there was a king, Diviciacus, who is still remembered, the most powerful in all of Gaul, who held the power over a large part of these regions, and also over Britain; now the king is Galba: to him, on account of his great justice and wisdom, all the will of the war is directed; they have twelve towns, promise fifty thousand armed men; the Nervii are the same number, who are considered the most fierce among them and are very far away; fifteen thousand Atrebates, ten thousand Ambiani, twenty-five thousand Morini, seven thousand Menapii, ten thousand Caletes, the same number for Veliocasses and Viromanduos, eighteen thousand Atuatucos; I estimate the Condrusi, Eburones, Caerosi, Paemani, who are all called Germans, to be around forty thousand.

[5] 1 Caesar Remos cohortatus liberaliterque oratione prosecutus omnem senatum ad se convenire principumque liberos obsides ad se adduci iussit. |the Romans|having encouraged|and liberally||having encouraged|||||to come together|and the leaders|||||| 1 Caesar encouraged the Romans and having pursued them with a generous speech, ordered all the Senate to convene to him and the children of the leaders to be brought to him as hostages. Quae omnia ab his diligenter ad diem facta sunt. ||||diligently|||| All these things were diligently done by them by the appointed day. 2 Ipse Diviciacum Haeduum magnopere cohortatus docet quanto opere rei publicae communisque salutis intersit manus hostium distineri, ne cum tanta multitudine uno tempore confligendum sit. |||greatly|encouraged|he teaches|||||common||it is important|||to be separated|||such a||||to be fought| 2 He himself greatly encouraged Diviciacus the Aeduan and shows how much it concerns the republic and the common safety to keep the hands of the enemies apart, so that they do not have to clash at one time with such a large multitude. 3 Id fieri posse, si suas copias Haedui in fines Bellovacorum introduxerint et eorum agros populari coeperint. |to be done|||||the Haedui|||of the Bellovaci|they have introduced||||to plunder|they have begun 3 It could happen if the Haedui introduce their forces into the territories of the Bellovaci and begin to pillage their fields. 4 His datis mandatis eum a se dimittit. ||commands||||sends away 4 After giving these orders, he dismisses him from himself. Postquam omnes Belgarum copias in unum locum coactas ad se venire vidit neque iam longe abesse ab iis quos miserat exploratoribus et ab Remis cognovit, flumen Axonam, quod est in extremis Remorum finibus, exercitum traducere maturavit atque ibi castra posuit. |||||||gathered||||he saw||||to be away||||he had sent||||the Remi|he learned||Axon|||||of the Remi|of the territory||to translate|matured||||he placed After he saw all the forces of the Belgae gathered in one place coming to him and learned that those whom he had sent as scouts were not far away from them and from the Remi, he hastened to lead the army across the Axona river, which is at the farthest borders of the Remi, and there he set up camp. 5 Quae res et latus unum castrorum ripis fluminis muniebat et post eum quae erant tuta ab hostibus reddebat et commeatus ab Remis reliquisque civitatibus ut sine periculo ad eum portari possent efficiebat. |||side||of the camp|the banks||was fortifying||||||safe|||was returning||supplies|||and the remaining|||||||to be carried||it was being done 5 This thing fortified one side of the camp with the banks of the river and made safe those areas which were guarded from the enemy, and it ensured that supplies could be carried to him without danger from the Remi and other cities. 6 In eo flumine pons erat. 6 There was a bridge over that river. Ibi praesidium ponit et in altera parte fluminis Q. Titurium Sabinum legatum cum sex cohortibus relinquit; castra in altitudinem pedum XII vallo fossaque duodeviginti pedum muniri iubet. |garrison|he places|||||||Titius|Sabinus|||six|cohorts|he leaves|||height|feet||by a rampart|and with a ditch|eighteen||to be fortified| There he places a garrison and leaves Q. Titurius Sabinus the lieutenant on the other side of the river with six cohorts; he orders the camp to be fortified to a height of twelve feet with a rampart and a ditch of eighteen feet.

[6] 1 Ab his castris oppidum Remorum nomine Bibrax aberat milia passuum VIII. ||from the camp||of the Remi||Bibrax|was away|||eight Id ex itinere magno impetu Belgae oppugnare coeperunt. ||||force||to attack| Aegre eo die sustentatum est. sick|||sustained| 2 Gallorum eadem atque Belgarum oppugnatio est haec: ubi circumiecta multitudine hominum totis moenibus undique in murum lapides iaci coepti sunt murusque defensoribus nudatus est, testudine facta portas succedunt murumque subruunt. ||||attack||||surrounded||||walls|from all sides|||stones|throwing|began||and the wall|defenders|stripped||tortoise|||they succeed|and the wall|they undermine Quod tum facile fiebat. |||was happening 3 Nam cum tanta multitudo lapides ac tela coicerent, in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli. ||||stones|||were throwing||wall|of standing firm||| 4 Cum finem oppugnandi nox fecisset, Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos, qui tum oppido praeerat, unus ex iis qui legati de pace ad Caesarem venerant, nuntium ad eum mittit, nisi subsidium sibi submittatur, sese diutius sustinere non posse. ||of fighting|||Iccius|Remus||||||||||was in charge||||||||||||||||aid||submittatur|||||

[7] 1 Eo de media nocte Caesar isdem ducibus usus qui nuntii ab Iccio venerant, Numidas et Cretas sagittarios et funditores Baleares subsidio oppidanis mittit; 2 quorum adventu et Remis cum spe defensionis studium propugnandi accessit et hostibus eadem de causa spes potiundi oppidi discessit. |||||the same||||the messengers||Iccio||Numidians||the Cretans|||slingers|Balearic||to the townspeople||||||||||of defending||||the same||||of obtaining|of the town| 3 Itaque paulisper apud oppidum morati agrosque Remorum depopulati, omnibus vicis aedificiisque quo adire potuerant incensis, ad castra Caesaris omnibus copiis contenderunt et a milibus passuum minus duobus castra posuerunt; 4 quae castra, ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, amplius milibus passuum VIII latitudinem patebant. |for a little while||||and the fields||having ravaged|||and buildings||to approach||burned||||||they marched||||||||they placed||||smoke||by fire|it was being signified|more|||||they were opening

[8] 1 Caesar primo et propter multitudinem hostium et propter eximiam opinionem virtutis proelio supersedere statuit; 2 cotidie tamen equestribus proeliis quid hostis virtute posset et quid nostri auderent periclitabatur. ||||the multitude|||because of|exceptional|opinion|||to refrain|he decided|daily||cavalry||||||||||was in danger 3 Ubi nostros non esse inferiores intellexit, loco pro castris ad aciem instruendam natura oportuno atque idoneo, quod is collis ubi castra posita erant paululum ex planitie editus tantum adversus in latitudinem patebat quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat, atque ex utraque parte lateris deiectus habebat et in fronte leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat, ab utroque latere eius collis transversam fossam obduxit circiter passuum CCCC 4 et ad extremas fossas castella constituit ibique tormenta conlocavit, ne, cum aciem instruxisset, hostes, quod tantum multitudine poterant, ab lateribus pugnantes suos circumvenire possent. where||||inferior|he understood||||||for setting up||opportune||suitable|||hill|||||a little||the plain|elevated|||||was evident|||||to occupy||||both||of the side|dejected|||||gently|rising|||the plain|he returned||||||transverse||he had led|about|||||the extremes|the ditches||he established|and there|storms|he placed||||he had arranged|||||||the sides|fighting||to surround| 5 Hoc facto, duabus legionibus quas proxime conscripserat in castris relictis ut, si quo opus esset, subsidio duci possent, reliquas VI legiones pro castris in acie constituit. ||||||he had enlisted|||having been left behind|so that|||||help||||||||||he stationed Hostes item suas copias ex castris eductas instruxerunt. ||||||having been led out|they arranged

[9] 1 Palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum. the marsh|||||||| Hanc si nostri transirent hostes expectabant; nostri autem, si ab illis initium transeundi fieret, ut impeditos adgrederentur, parati in armis erant. |||were to cross||were waiting|||||||crossing|were made||impeded|would attack|ready||| 2 Interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur. in the meantime||cavalry||||it was being fought Ubi neutri transeundi initium faciunt, secundiore equitum proelio nostris Caesar suos in castra reduxit. where|neither|crossing|beginning||second|of the cavalry|||Caesar|||camp|he led back 3 Hostes protinus ex eo loco ad flumen Axonam contenderunt, quod esse post nostra castra demonstratum est. |immediately|||||||they marched||||||has been demonstrated| 4 Ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum traducere conati sunt eo consilio ut, si possent, castellum, cui praeerat Q. Titurius legatus, expugnarent pontemque interscinderent; 5 si minus potuissent, agros Remorum popularentur, qui magno nobis usui ad bellum gerendum erant, commeatuque nostros prohiberent. ||having been found||||to transfer|they tried|||||||||was in charge of||Titurius|legate|they would capture|and the bridge|they would cut|||||||||||||||and supplies||

[10] 1 [Caesar] certior factus ab Titurio omnem equitatum et levis armaturae Numidas, funditores sagittariosque pontem traducit atque ad eos contendit. ||||Titus||||light|infantry|||and archers||he leads across||||he marches Acriter in eo loco pugnatum est. fiercely||||| 2 Hostes impeditos nostri in flumine adgressi magnum eorum numerum occiderunt; 3 per eorum corpora reliquos audacissime transire conantes multitudine telorum reppulerunt primosque, qui transierant, equitatu circumventos interfecerunt. |the impeded||||having attacked|||||||||very boldly||attempting||of spears|they repelled|the first|||||they killed 4 Hostes, ubi et de expugnando oppido et de flumine transeundo spem se fefellisse intellexerunt neque nostros in locum iniquiorem progredi pugnandi causa viderunt atque ipsos res frumentaria deficere coepit, concilio convocato constituerunt optimum esse domum suam quemque reverti, et quorum in fines primum Romani exercitum introduxissent, ad eos defendendos undique convenirent, ut potius in suis quam in alienis finibus decertarent et domesticis copiis rei frumentariae uterentur. ||||taking the town|||||crossing|||had deceived|they realized|||||more unfavorable|to advance|fighting|cause|they saw||||grain|to fail||council|having been called|they decided|||||each|to return||||the borders||||they had introduced|||defending|from all sides|they would agree||rather|||||from others|from the borders|they would fight||domestic|the troops||of the grain|they would use 5 Ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod Diviciacum atque Haeduos finibus Bellovacorum adpropinquare cognoverant. ||opinion||||||||led||||the Aedui|||to approach|they had learned His persuaderi ut diutius morarentur neque suis auxilium ferrent non poterat. ||||they stayed||||they would bring||

[11] 1 Ea re constituta, secunda vigilia magno cum, strepitu ac tumultu castris egressi nullo certo ordine neque imperio, cum sibi quisque primum itineris locum peteret et domum pervenire properaret, fecerunt ut consimilis fugae profectio videretur. ||having been decided|second|watch|||noise||tumult||having exited|||order|||||||||sought|||to arrive|was hastening|they made||similar||departure|it seemed 2 Hac re statim Caesar per speculatores cognita insidias veritus, quod qua de causa discederent nondum perspexerat, exercitum equitatumque castris continuit. ||immediately|||scouts||ambush||||||they were departing||had perceived||and the cavalry|| 3 Prima luce, confirmata re ab exploratoribus, omnem equitatum, qui novissimum agmen moraretur, praemisit. ||having been confirmed||||||||column|was delaying|he sent ahead His Q. Pedium et L. Aurunculeium Cottam legatos praefecit; T. Labienum legatum cum legionibus tribus subsequi iussit. |||||Aurunculeium|Cottam|||||||||to follow| 4 Hi novissimos adorti et multa milia passuum prosecuti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt, cum ab extremo agmine, ad quos ventum erat, consisterent fortiterque impetum nostrorum militum sustinerent, 5 priores, quod abesse a periculo viderentur neque ulla necessitate neque imperio continerentur, exaudito clamore perturbatis ordinibus omnes in fuga sibi praesidium ponerent. ||they attacked||many|||having pursued||||of those fleeing|they fell|||from the rear|from the rear guard|||had come||they were standing firm|and bravely||||they were standing|the previous||to be away|||they seemed||none|necessity|||they were standing|having been heard||having been disturbed|to the orders|||||the guard|they were standing 6 Ita sine ullo periculo tantam eorum multitudinem nostri interfecerunt quantum fuit diei spatium; sub occasum solis sequi destiterunt seque in castra, ut erat imperatum, receperunt. ||||||||they killed||||time||sunset||to follow|they stopped|they|||||commanded|they retreated

[12] 1 Postridie eius diei Caesar, prius quam se hostes ex terrore ac fuga reciperent, in fines Suessionum, qui proximi Remis erant, exercitum duxit et magno itinere [confecto] ad oppidum Noviodunum contendit. on the next day|of that|||before|||||terror|||they recovered|||of the Suessiones|||the Remi|||led|||journey|having been completed|||Noviodunum|he hastens 2 Id ex itinere oppugnare conatus, quod vacuum ab defensoribus esse audiebat, propter latitudinem fossae murique altitudinem paucis defendentibus expugnare non potuit. ||journey|to attack|attempt||vacant||defenders||he was hearing|||the ditch|of the wall|height|with a few|defending||| 3 Castris munitis vineas agere quaeque ad oppugnandum usui erant comparare coepit. |fortified|vineyards|to do|each||to attack||||he began 4 Interim omnis ex fuga Suessionum multitudo in oppidum proxima nocte convenit. ||||of the Suessiones||||||gathered 5 Celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere iacto turribusque constitutis, magnitudine operum, quae neque viderant ante Galli neque audierant, et celeritate Romanorum permoti legatos ad Caesarem de deditione mittunt et petentibus Remis ut conservarentur impetrant. |from the vineyards|||having been done||thrown|and with the towers|having been established||of the works|||||||had heard||||moved||||||they send||to those requesting|||they were being preserved|they obtain

[13] 1 Caesar, obsidibus acceptis primis civitatis atque ipsius Galbae regis duobus filiis armisque omnibus ex oppido traditis, in deditionem Suessiones accipit exercitumque in Bellovacos ducit. ||||||of Galba|of Galba||||and arms|||the town|having been surrendered||||receives|and the army||| 2 Qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent atque ab eo oppido Caesar cum exercitu circiter milia passuum V abesset, omnes maiores natu ex oppido egressi manus ad Caesarem tendere et voce significare coeperunt sese in eius fidem ac potestatem venire neque contra populum Romanum armis contendere. |||and their own||||Bratuspantium|they had brought||||||||about||||||elders||||having exited||||stretched|||to mean|they had begun|||||||||||||had brought 3 Item, cum ad oppidum accessisset castraque ibi poneret, pueri mulieresque ex muro passis manibus suo more pacem ab Romanis petierunt. ||||had approached|and the camp||||||||||||||

[14] 1 Pro his Diviciacus (nam post discessum Belgarum dimissis Haeduorum copiis ad eum reverterat) facit verba: 2 Bellovacos omni tempore in fide atque amicitia civitatis Haeduae fuisse; 3 impulsos ab suis principibus, qui dicerent Haeduos a Caesare in servitutem redactos. |||||||dismissed|||||had returned|||||||||||of the Haedui||driven|||||||||||redacted Omnes indignitates contumeliasque perferre, et ab Haeduis defecisse et populo Romano bellum intulisse. |outrages|and insults|to endure||||to have defected|||||have brought 4 Qui eius consilii principes fuissent, quod intellegerent quantam calamitatem civitati intulissent, in Britanniam profugisse. ||||||they would have understood||||they had brought upon||Britain|to have fled 5 Petere non solum Bellovacos, sed etiam pro his Haeduos, ut sua clementia ac mansuetudine in eos utatur. to seek|||||||||||mercy||gentleness|||he uses 6 Quod si fecerit, Haeduorum auctoritatem apud omnes Belgas amplificaturum, quorum auxiliis atque opibus, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint. ||he will have done||authority||||will be amplified||with the help of the Haedui||resources||||should happen|to support|

[15] 1 Caesar honoris Diviciaci atque Haeduorum causa sese eos in fidem recepturum et conservaturum dixit, et quod erat civitas magna inter Belgas auctoritate atque hominum multitudine praestabat, DC obsides poposcit. ||||||||||to receive||will preserve|||||||||||||was superior|||he demanded 2 His traditis omnibusque armis ex oppido conlatis, ab eo loco in fines Ambianorum pervenit; qui se suaque omnia sine mora dediderunt. ||||||having been brought together||||||of the Ambians|||||||| 3 Eorum fines Nervii attingebant. ||the Nervii|were reaching Quorum de natura moribusque Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat: 4 nullum esse aditum ad eos mercatoribus; nihil pati vini reliquarumque rerum ad luxuriam pertinentium inferri, quod his rebus relanguescere animos eorum et remitti virtutem existimarent; 5 esse homines feros magnaeque virtutis; increpitare atque incusare reliquos Belgas, qui se populo Romano dedidissent patriamque virtutem proiecissent; 6 confirmare sese neque legatos missuros neque ullam condicionem pacis accepturos. |||and customs|||||||||||to the merchants||||of the remaining|||luxury|pertaining|to be brought in||||to weaken||||to be sent back||||||and of great||to be weak||to accuse|||||||they had dedicated|and the country||they had thrown|||||missuros|||||accepting