Caesar's De Bello Gallico 1.6

Question 1

Erant omninō itinera duo, quibus itineribus domō exīre possent:

Answer 1

There were only two routes, by which routes they were able to leave from home:

Question 2

unum per Sequanos, angustum et difficile,

Answer 2

one through the Sequani, narrow and difficult,

Question 3

inter montem Iuram et flumen Rhodanum,

Answer 3

between the Iura mountains and the Rhone river,

Question 4

vix quā singuli carri ducerentur,

Answer 4

scarcely by which single carts might be led,

Question 5

mons autem altissimus impendebat,

Answer 5

moreover a very high mountain was overhanging,

Question 6

ut facile perpaucī prohibere possent;

Answer 6

so that easily very few would be able to prevent;

Question 7

alterum per provinciam nostram,

Answer 7

the other through our province,

Question 8

multō facilius atque expeditius,

Answer 8

much easier and unimpeded,

Question 9

propterea quod inter fines Helvetiorum et Allobrogum, quī nuper pacatī erant,

Answer 9

because between the territories of the Helvetians and the Allobroges, who had been recently pacified,

Question 10

Rhodanus fluit isque nonnullīs locīs vadō transitur.

Answer 10

the Rhone flows and this is crossed in some places by a shallow.

Question 11

Extremum oppidum Allobrogum est proximumque Helvetiorum finibus Genava.

Answer 11

Geneva is the farthest town of the Allobroges and nearest to the Helvetian territories.

Question 12

Ex eō oppidō pons ad Helvetios pertinet.

Answer 12

From this town a bridge reaches to the Helvetians.

Question 13

Allobrogibus sese vel persuasurōs, quod nondum bonō animō in populum Romanum viderentur, existimabant

Answer 13

They were thinking either they would persuade the Allobroges, because not yet did they seem in good mind onto the Roman people,

Question 14

vel vī coacturos ut per suos fines eos ire paterentur.

Answer 14

or they would compel them by force so that they allow them to go through their own territories.

Question 15

Omnibus rebus ad profectionem comparatīs diem dicunt,

Answer 15

With all things prepared for departure they declare a day,

Question 16

quā diē ripam Rhodanī omnes conveniant.

Answer 16

on which day all would come together at the bank of the Rhone.

Question 17

Is dies erat a. d. V. Kal. Apr. Lucio Pisone, Aulō Gabiniō consulibus.

Answer 17

This day was the fifth day before the Kalends of April during the consulship of Lucius Piso and Aulus Gabinius.