Section 1 (Lines 1-23)

Question 1

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam [1]

Answer 1

Gaul is on the whole divided into three parts, of which one

Question 2

incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua [2]

Answer 2

the Belgae inhabit, another the Aquitani, the third they who in their own language

Question 3

Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur. Hi omnes lingua, institutis, [3]

Answer 3

are called Celts, in ours Gauls. All these differ from each other in language, customs,

Question 4

legibus inter se differunt. Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna [4]

Answer 4

and laws. The Garonne River divides the Gauls from the Aquitani,

Question 5

flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit. [5]

Answer 5

the Marne River and Seine River divide the Gauls from the Belgae.

Question 6

Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a [6]

Answer 6

Of all these the bravest are the Belgae, because from the civilization and

Question 7

cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, [7]

Answer 7

refinement of the Province they are the furthest distant, and scarcely often

Question 8

minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae [8]

Answer 8

do merchants come and go to them and import the things which relate

Question 9

ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique [9]

Answer 9

to the weakening of minds, and they are the closest to the Germans, who

Question 10

sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum [10]

Answer 10

live across the Rhine River, and with whom they are continuously

Question 11

continentur bellum gerunt. Qua de causa Helvetii quoque [11]

Answer 11

waging war. And for this reason the Helvetians also excel the rest of the Gauls

Question 12

reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis [12]

Answer 12

in character, because in nearly daily battles with the Germans

Question 13

proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut suis finibus eos [13]

Answer 13

they vie, when either they (the Helvetians) ward them (the Germans) from their own borders

Question 14

prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt. [14]

Answer 14

or they (the Germans) wage war on their (the Helvetians’) borders.

Question 15

Eorum una pars quam Gallos obtinere dictum est, initium [15]

Answer 15

Of these (parts of Gaul) one part, which it has been said the Gauls hold, takes its beginning

Question 16

capit a flumine Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine, [16]

Answer 16

from the Rhone River; is bordered by the Garonne River,

Question 17

Oceano, finibus Belgarum, attingit etiam ab Sequanis et [17]

Answer 17

the Ocean, and the borders of the Belgae; it also borders on the side of the Sequani and

Question 18

Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, vergit ad septentriones. Belgae ab [18]

Answer 18

the Helvetians the Rhine River; it faces to the north. The Belgae

Question 19

extremis Galliae finibus oriuntur, pertinent ad inferiorem [19]

Answer 19

rise from the farthest borders of Gaul, extend to the lower

Question 20

partem fluminis Rheni, spectant in septentrionem et orientem [20]

Answer 20

part of the Rhine River, [and] look into the north and the rising

Question 21

solem. Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et [21]

Answer 21

sun. Aquintania reaches from the Garonne River to the Pyrenees Mountains and

Question 22

eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet; spectat [22]

Answer 22

the part of the Ocean that is toward Spain; it looks

Question 23

inter occasum solis et septentriones. [23]

Answer 23

between the setting of the sun and the north.