Lines 10-22 Flashcards
ei quibus ita interdictum est numero imporium ac scelestorum habentur; eis omnes decedunt, aditum sermonque fugiunt, me quid ex contagione incommodi accipant; neque eis petentibus ius redditur neque honos ullus datur.
Those who have been thus excommunicated are counted among the number of the impious and wicked; everyone avoids them, flees from their approach and conversation in case they suffer any misfortune by contact with them; no redress is granted to them seeking justice nor any official position given them.
his autem omnibus Druidibus praeest unus, qui summam inter eos habet auctoritatem.
Yet one man is in charge of all these Druids who has the most authority among them.
hoc mortuo, aut is qui ex reliquis excellit dignitate succedit, aut, si sunt multi pares, suffragio Druidum, nonnumquam etiam armis, de principatu contendunt.
At his death, either the one who of the remainder is outstanding in honour succeeds him, or, if there are many equally worthy, they compete for the leadership in a vote of the Druids, sometimes even in arms.
disciplina eorum in Britannia reperta atque inde Galliam translata esse existimatur, et nunc ei, qui diligentius eam rem cognoscere volunt plerumque in Britanniam descendi causa proficiscuntur.
Their rule of life is thought to have been discovered in Britain and then to have been spread into Gaul, and now those who want to understand their system more fully are generally heading for Britain for instruction.
