Section 2 (Lines 24-40)

Question 1

Apud Helvetios [24]

Answer 1

Among the Helvetians

Question 2

longe nobilissimus fuit et ditissimus Orgetorix. [24-25]

Answer 2

by far the most well-born and the richest was Orgetorix.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

He, when Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso were consuls,

Question 4

regni cupiditate inductus [25-26]

Answer 4

since he was influenced by a desire for ruling power,

Question 5

coniurationem nobilitatis fecit [26]

Answer 5

made a conspiracy of the well-born class,

Question 6

et civitati persuasit [26-27]

Answer 6

and he persuaded the state

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

perfacile esse, [28]

Answer 8

[he said] that it would be rather easy,

Question 9

cum virtute omnibus praestarent, [28]

Answer 9

since they excelled all in virtue,

Question 10

totius Galliae imperio potiri. [28-29]

Answer 10

to obtain sway of all Gaul.

Question 11

Id hoc facilius iis persuasit, [29]

Answer 11

Because of this he persuaded them of this [it to them] rather easily

Question 12

quod undique [29-30]

Answer 12

because on all sides

Question 13

loci natura [30]

Answer 13

by the nature of the place

Question 14

Helvetii continentur: [30]

Answer 14

the Helvetians are hemmed in:

Question 15

una ex parte flumine Rheno [30-31]

Answer 15

on one side by the Rhine river—

Question 16

latissimo atque altissimo, [31]

Answer 16

very wide and very deep—

Question 17

qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit; [31-32]

Answer 17

which divides Helvetian land from the Germans;

Question 18

altera ex parte [32]

Answer 18

on another side

Question 19

monte Iura altissimo, [32-33]

Answer 19

by the very tall Jura mountain [range],

Question 20

qui est inter Sequanos et Helvetios; [33]

Answer 20

which is between the Sequani and the Helvetians;

Question 21

tertia lacu Lemanno et flumine Rhodano, [33-34]

Answer 21

and on the third by Lake Geneva and the Rhone River,

Question 22

qui provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit. [34-35]

Answer 22

which divides our Province from the Helvetians.

Question 23

His rebus fiebat [35]

Answer 23

From these issues it became

Question 24

ut et minus late vagarentur [35]

Answer 24

that both they should range less widely

Question 25

et minus facile finitimis bellum inferre possent; [36]

Answer 25

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

Question 26

qua ex parte [36]

Answer 26

and for this reason

Question 27

homines bellandi cupidi [37]

Answer 27

men desirous of warring

Question 28

magno dolore adficiebantur. [37]

Answer 28

[the men desirous of warring] were afflicted with great sorrow

Question 29

Pro multitudine autem hominum [38]

Answer 29

Moreover, for their large number of people

Question 30

et pro gloria belli atque fortitudinis [38-39]

Answer 30

and for their renown of war and bravery

Question 31

angustos se fines habere arbitrabantur, [39]

Answer 31

they judged that they had narrow boundaries,

Question 32

qui in longitudinem milia passuum CCXL, [39-40]

Answer 32

which in length stretched 240 miles,

Question 33

in latitudinem CLXXX patebant. [40]

Answer 33

in width 180 [miles].