- 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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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-24
Caesar encourages the Gauls and dismisses the council, resolving to take immediate action as he considers the German subjugation of the Haedui, the potential threat of a German invasion to Rome, and Ariovistus's unbearable arrogance.
His rebus cognitis Caesar Gallorum animos verbis confirmavit pollicitusque est sibi eam rem curae futuram;1 magnam se habere spem et beneficio suo et auctoritate adductum Ariovistum finem iniuriis facturum. Hac oratione habita, concilium dimisit.
Having learned these things, Caesar encouraged the minds of the Gauls with his words and promised that he would take care of this matter; he said that he had great hope that Ariovistus, induced both by his favor and by his authority, would make an end to his wrongs. Having delivered this speech, he dismissed the council.
Et secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret, in primis quod Haeduos, fratres consanguineosque saepe numero a senatu appellatos, in servitute atque [in] dicione videbat Germanorum teneri eorumque obsides esse apud Ariovistum ac Sequanos intellegebat; quod in tanto imperio populi Romani turpissimum sibi et rei publicae esse arbitrabatur.
And in addition to these things, many reasons urged him why he should think that this matter ought to be considered and undertaken by him; especially because he saw that the Haedui, who had repeatedly been styled “brothers” and “kinsmen” by the senate, were held in slavery and under the dominion of the Germans, and he understood that their hostages were in the possession of Ariovistus and the Sequani; which, in so great an empire of the Roman people, he turned over in his mind as most disgraceful to himself and to the republic.
Paulatim autem Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire et in Galliam magnam eorum multitudinem venire populo Romano periculosum videbat, neque sibi homines feros ac barbaros temperaturos existimabat quin, cum omnem Galliam occupavissent, ut ante Cimbri Teutonique fecissent, in provinciam exirent2 atque inde in Italiam contenderent [, praesertim cum Sequanos a provincia nostra Rhodanus divideret]; quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat.3
Moreover, he saw that it was dangerous for the Roman people that the Germans should gradually become accustomed to cross the Rhine, and that a great multitude of them should come into Gaul; nor did he think that fierce and savage men would restrain themselves from passing into the Province and thence hastening into Italy, after they had seized all Gaul, as the Cimbri and Teutones had done before [, especially since the Rhone divided the Sequani from our Province]; which events he thought he must take precautions against as speedily as possible.
Ipse autem Ariovistus tantos sibi spiritus, tantam arrogantiam sumpserat, ut ferendus non videretur.
Furthermore, Ariovistus himself had assumed such great insolence and such great arrogance that he did not seem to be endured.
- 1.33.1sibi eam rem curae futuram
A double dative construction. sibi (to him, i.e., Caesar) is a dative of interest/advantage, and curae (for a care) is a dative of purpose. The future infinitive futuram [esse] depends on the main verb pollicitus est in indirect discourse.
- 1.33.3temperaturos quin ... exirent
The future participle temperaturos [esse] (from temperare, to restrain oneself) forms an infinitive clause with homines feros ac barbaros as its subject, depending on existimabat. It is followed by quin with the subjunctive (exirent and contenderent) because the governing clause is negative (neque ... temperaturos), meaning 'they would not restrain themselves from passing...' (i.e., they would certainly pass).
- 1.33.3quibus rebus quam maturrime occurrendum putabat
The connecting relative quibus rebus (to which things / to these things) is in the dative, governed by the verb occurrere (to meet, oppose, counteract). occurrendum [esse] is the impersonal passive of the gerundive, expressing necessity ('it must be opposed/counteracted'). putabat has Caesar as its implied subject.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (2, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — note 1
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1