Section 2 (Lines 24-40)

Question 1

Apud Helvetios longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus [24]

Answer 1

Among the Helvetians by far the most well-born and the richest was

Question 2

Orgetorix. Is M. Messala, [et P.] M. Pisone consulibus regni [25]

Answer 2

Orgetorix. He, when Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso were consuls, since he was influenced by

Question 3

cupiditate inductus coniurationem nobilitatis fecit et civitati [26]

Answer 3

a desire for ruling power, made a conspiracy of the well-born class, and he persuaded the state

Question 4

persuasit ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent: [27]

Answer 4

that they should depart from their territory with all of their supplies:

Question 5

perfacile esse, cum virtute omnibus praestarent, totius [28]

Answer 5

[he said] that it would be rather easy, since they excelled all in virtue, to obtain

Question 6

Galliae imperio potiri. Id hoc facilius iis persuasit, quod [29]

Answer 6

sway all of Gaul. Because of this he persuaded them of this [it to them] rather easily because

Question 7

undique loci natura Helvetii continentur: una ex parte [30]

Answer 7

on all sides by the nature of the place the Helvetians are hemmed in: on one side

Question 8

flumine Rheno latissimo atque altissimo, qui agrum [31]

Answer 8

by the Rhine River—very wide and very deep—which divided Helvetian

Question 9

Helvetium a Germanis dividit; altera ex parte monte Iura [32]

Answer 9

land from the Germans; on another side by the very tall Jura mountain [range],

Question 10

altissimo, qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios; tertia lacu [33]

Answer 10

which is between the Sequani and the Helvetians; and on the third by Lake

Question 11

Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, qui provinciam nostram ab [34]

Answer 11

Geneva and the Rhone River, which divides our Province from

Question 12

Helvetiis dividit. His rebus fiebat ut et minus late vagarentur [35]

Answer 12

the Helvetians. From these issues it became that both they should range less widely

Question 13

et minus facile finitimis bellum inferre possent; qua ex parte [36]

Answer 13

and that they should be able to bring war against their neighbors less easily; and for this reason

Question 14

homines bellandi cupidi magno dolore adficiebantur. [37]

Answer 14

men desirous of warring were afflicted with great sorrow.

Question 15

Pro multitudine autem hominum et pro gloria belli atque [38]

Answer 15

Moreover, for their large number of people and for their renown of war and

Question 16

fortitudinis angustos se fines habere arbitrabantur, qui in [39]

Answer 16

bravery they judged that they had narrow boundaries, which in

Question 17

longitudinem milia passuum CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patebant. [40]

Answer 17

length stretched 240 miles, in width 180.