- Source
- Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. C. Iuli Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII A. Hirti Commentarius VII. Holmes, T. Rice (Thomas Rice), editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.
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As the Helvetii begin to ravage the lands of the Haedui and other tribes, the Haedui, Ambarri, and Allobroges appeal to Caesar for help. Caesar decides to intervene before his allies' resources are completely exhausted.
Helvetii iam per angustias et fines Sequanorum suas copias traduxerant et in Haeduorum fines pervenerant eorumque agros populabantur.
The Helvetii had already led their forces through the narrow passes and the territory of the Sequani, and had arrived in the territory of the Haedui, and were ravaging their fields.
Haedui, cum se suaque ab iis defendere non possent, legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum1 auxilium:
The Haedui, since they could not defend themselves and their property from them, sent ambassadors to Caesar to ask for assistance:
ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse2 ut paene in conspectu exercitus nostri agri vastari, liberi [eorum] in servitutem abduci, oppida expugnari non debuerint. Eodem tempore quo Haedui Ambarri, necessarii et consanguinei Haeduorum, Caesarem certiorem faciunt sese depopulatis agris non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere.
stating that they had at all times so well deserved of the Roman people, that their fields ought not to be ravaged, their children led away into slavery, and their towns stormed, almost under the eyes of our army. At the same time, the Ambarri, close allies and kinsmen of the Haedui, informed Caesar that, their fields having already been devastated, they could not easily ward off the violence of the enemy from their towns.
Item Allobroges, qui trans Rhodanum vicos possessionesque habebant, fuga se ad Caesarem recipiunt et demonstrant sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui.3
Likewise, the Allobroges, who had villages and possessions beyond the Rhone, fled to Caesar, and pointed out to him that nothing was left to them except the bare soil of their land.
Quibus rebus adductus Caesar non expectandum sibi statuit4 dum, omnibus, fortunis sociorum consumptis, in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent.
Induced by these circumstances, Caesar decided that he must not wait until, after all the fortunes of his allies had been consumed, the Helvetii should arrive in the territory of the Santones.
- 1.11.2rogatum
The accusative of the supine expressing purpose, taking the direct object auxilium to mean 'to ask for assistance'.
- 1.11.3ita se omni tempore de populo Romano meritos esse
An accusative-with-infinitive construction in indirect speech introduced by the implied verb of saying (e.g., dicentes) from the ambassadors. The phrase de aliquo mereri means 'to deserve well of someone' or 'to serve someone'.
- 1.11.4nihil esse reliqui
The genitive singular neuter reliqui functions as a partitive genitive modifying the pronominal subject nihil, meaning 'nothing left' or 'nothing of what remains'.
- 1.11.5non expectandum sibi statuit
An impersonal passive periphrastic construction (in the infinitive) consisting of the gerundive expectandum and the dative of agent sibi, meaning 'he decided that he must not wait'.