- 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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While Caesar is in Nearer Gaul, reports arrive that all the Belgae are conspiring against Rome, and their various motives (fear of Roman army advancement, instigation by discontented Gauls, and the ambitions of local autocrats) are detailed.
Cum esset Caesar in citeriore Gallia [in hibernis], ita uti supra demonstravimus, crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur litterisque item Labieni certior fiebat omnes Belgas, quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus,1 contra populum Romanum coniurare obsidesque inter se dare.
While Caesar was in Nearer Gaul [in winter quarters], as we have shown above, frequent rumors were brought to him, and he was likewise informed by letters from Labienus that all the Belgae, who, as we had said, constitute the third part of Gaul, were conspiring against the Roman people and giving hostages to one another.
Coniurandi has esse causas:2 primum quod vererentur ne, omni pacata Gallia, ad eos exercitus noster adduceretur;3
The reasons for their conspiring were these: first, because they feared that, if all Gaul were pacified, our army would be led against them;
deinde quod ab non nullis Gallis sollicitarentur, partim qui, ut Germanos diutius in Gallia versari noluerant, ita populi Romani exercitum hiemare atque inveterascere in Gallia moleste ferebant, partim qui mobilitate et levitate animi novis imperiis studebant;
secondly, because they were being stirred up by some of the Gauls, partly by those who, just as they had been unwilling for the Germans to remain longer in Gaul, so were annoyed that the army of the Roman people should winter and grow established in Gaul; partly by those who, from instability and levity of mind, were eager for a change of government;
ab non nullis etiam quod4 in Gallia a potentioribus atque iis qui ad conducendos homines facultates habebant vulgo regna occupabantur; qui minus facile eam rem imperio nostro consequi poterant.
also by some others because in Gaul royal power was commonly seized by the more powerful and by those who had resources for hiring men, who could less easily achieve that object under our empire.
- 2.1.1quam tertiam esse Galliae partem dixeramus
The relative pronoun 'quam' has 'Belgas' (masculine plural) as its antecedent but is attracted to the gender and number of 'partem' (feminine singular), the predicate noun in its own clause. 'dixeramus' refers back to the opening statement of Book 1, Chapter 1.
- 2.1.2Coniurandi has esse causas
The accusative and infinitive construction 'has esse causas' continues the indirect discourse (oratio obliqua) introduced by 'certior fiebat' in the previous sentence, presenting the reasons without an explicit introductory verb.
- 2.1.2vererentur ne, omni pacata Gallia, ad eos exercitus noster adduceretur
The subjunctive 'vererentur' (imperfect subjunctive due to indirect discourse) is a verb of fearing taking a 'ne' clause ('lest / that... would'). The inserted ablative absolute 'omni pacata Gallia' has a conditional force ('if all Gaul should be pacified').
- 2.1.4ab non nullis etiam quod
This phrase is parallel to 'ab non nullis Gallis sollicitarentur' in 2.1.3, meaning 'they were also stirred up by some others because...'. The 'quod' clause provides the reason for this instigation.