Section 2 (Lines 24-40) Flashcards
Apud Helvetios [24]
Among the Helvetians
longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix. [24-25]
by far the most well-born and the richest was Orgetorix.
Is M. Messala, [et P.] M. Pisone consulibus [25]
He, when Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso were consuls,
regni cupiditate inductus [25-26]
since he was influenced by a desire for ruling power,
coniurationem nobilitatis fecit [26]
made a conspiracy of the well-born class,
et civitati persuasit [26-27]
and he persuaded the state
ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent: [27]
that they should depart from their territory with all of their supplies:
perfacile esse, [28]
[he said] that it would be rather easy,
cum virtute omnibus praestarent, [28]
since they excelled all in virtue,
totius Galliae imperio potiri. [28-29]
to obtain sway of all Gaul.
Id hoc facilius iis persuasit, [29]
Because of this he persuaded them of this [it to them] rather easily
quod undique [29-30]
because on all sides
loci natura [30]
by the nature of the place
Helvetii continentur: [30]
the Helvetians are hemmed in:
una ex parte flumine Rheno [30-31]
on one side by the Rhine river—
latissimo atque altissimo, [31]
very wide and very deep—
qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit; [31-32]
which divides Helvetian land from the Germans;
altera ex parte [32]
on another side
monte Iura altissimo, [32-33]
by the very tall Jura mountain [range],
qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios; [33]
which is between the Sequani and the Helvetians;
tertia lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, [33-34]
and on the third by Lake Geneva and the Rhone River,
qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit. [34-35]
which divides our Province from the Helvetians.
His rebus fiebat [35]
From these issues it became
ut et minus late vagarentur [35]
that both they should range less widely
