Caesar 1.11 Flashcards
Helvetii iam per angustias et fines Sequanorum suas copias traduxerant et in Haeduorum fines pervenerant eorumque agros populabantur.
The Helvetii had already led their troops through the narrow passes and borders of the Sequani and had reached the borders of the Haedui and were ravaging their fields.
Haedui cum se suaque ab iis defendere non possent, legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium:
Because the Haedui were not able to defend themselves and their possessions from the Helvetii, they sent legates to Caesar to ask for help
ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse, ut paene in conspectu exercitus nostri agri vastari liberi eorum in servitutem abduci oppida expugnari non debuerint
(They said) that they merited from the Roman people every time such that their fields ought not be ravaged, their children ought not be abducted into servitude, and their towns ought not be destroyed nearly in view of our army.
eodem tempore Ambarri, necessarii et consanguinei Haeduorum, Caesarem certiorem faciunt sese depopulatis agris non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere.
At the same time, the Ambarri, close friends and kinsmen of the Haedui, made Caesar more certain that, with their fields having been ravaged, they couldn’t easily prohibit the force of enemies from the towns
item Allobroges qui trans Rhodanum vicos possessionesque habebant, fuga se ad Caesarem recipiunt et demonstrant sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui
Likewise, the Allobroges who had villages and possessions across the Rhone, retreat by flight towards Caesar and say to him that there was nothing remaining except the soil of their land
quibus rebus adductus Caesar non exspectandum sibi statuit; dum omnibus fortunis sociorum consumptis in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent
Caesar, having been led by which reasons, decided that it shouldn’t be waited by him, until the Helvetti arrive among the Santoni with all of the fortunes of the allies having been consumed.
