- 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 · 2026-10-25
Caesar receives a detailed report from the Remi ambassadors regarding the Germanic origins of the Belgae, their past military achievements, and the specific number of troops promised by each tribe for the war.
Cum ab iis quaereret quae civitates quantaeque in armis essent et quid in bello possent, sic reperiebat: plerosque Belgas esse ortos a Germanis Rhenumque antiquitus traductos propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse Gallosque qui ea loca incolerent expulisse, solosque esse qui, patrum nostrorum memoria omni Gallia vexata, Teutonos Cimbrosque intra suos fines ingredi prohibuerint;1
When he inquired of them what states and how large were in arms, and what they could do in war, he discovered the following: that most of the Belgae were descended from the Germans, and having been brought over the Rhine in ancient times, had settled there because of the fertility of the soil, and had driven out the Gauls who inhabited those districts; and that they were the only people who, in the memory of our fathers, when all Gaul was harassed, had prevented the Teutones and Cimbri from entering within their territories;
qua ex re fieri2 uti earum rerum memoria magnam sibi auctoritatem magnosque spiritus in re militari sumerent.
from which circumstance it came about that, from the recollection of those events, they assumed to themselves great authority and great airs in military matters.
De numero eorum omnia se habere explorata3 Remi dicebant, propterea quod propinquitatibus adfinitatibusque coniuncti quantam quisque multitudinem in communi Belgarum concilio ad id bellum pollicitus sit cognoverint.
The Remi said that they had all information explored regarding their numbers, because, being joined by ties of relationship and affinity, they knew what size of multitude each state had promised for that war in the common council of the Belgae.
Plurimum inter eos Bellovacos et virtute et auctoritate et hominum numero valere: hos posse conficere armata milia centum, pollicitos ex eo numero electa milia LX totiusque belli imperium sibi postulare.
That the Bellovaci were the most influential among them, both in valor, authority, and number of men; that these could muster a hundred thousand armed men, and had promised sixty thousand picked men from that number, and demanded for themselves the command of the entire war.
Suessiones suos esse finitimos; fines latissimos feracissimosque agros possidere.
That the Suessiones were their neighbors, and possessed very extensive territories and most fertile fields.
Apud eos fuisse regem nostra etiam memoria Diviciacum, totius Galliae potentissimum, qui cum magnae partis harum regionum, tum etiam Britanniae imperium obtinuerit; nunc esse regem Galbam: ad hunc propter iustitiam prudentiamque summam totius belli omnium voluntate deferri;4 oppida habere numero XII, polliceri milia armata L; totidem Nervios, qui maxime feri inter ipsos habeantur longissimeque absint;
That Diviciacus had been king among them even in our own memory, the most powerful man of all Gaul, who had held sovereignty not only over a great part of these regions, but also over Britain; that Galba was now king, and to him, on account of his supreme justice and prudence, the chief command of the whole war was deferred by the consent of all; that they had twelve towns in number, and promised fifty thousand armed men; and the Nervii as many, who were considered the most savage among themselves and were the furthest off;
XV milia Atrebates, Ambianos X milia, Morinos XXV milia, Menapios VII milia, Caletos X milia, Veliocasses et Viromanduos totidem, Atuatucos XVIIII milia;
the Atrebates fifteen thousand, the Ambiani ten thousand, the Morini twenty-five thousand, the Menapii seven thousand, the Caleti ten thousand, the Veliocasses and Viromandui as many, the Atuatuci nineteen thousand;
Condrusos, Eburones, Caerosos, Paemanos, qui uno nomine Germani appellantur, arbitrari ad XL milia.
and the Condrusi, Eburones, Caerosi, and Paemani, who are called by the common name of Germans, were estimated at about forty thousand.
- 2.4.2prohibuerint
Although the main verb is in a past tense (reperiebat / esse), which would normally require an imperfect subjunctive by the sequence of tenses, the perfect subjunctive prohibuerint is used here to emphasize the actual historical completion of the action in the past.
- 2.4.3fieri
An impersonal infinitive in indirect discourse, introduced by a relative connection (qua ex re), with the result clause uti ... sumerent acting as its logical subject.
- 2.4.4se habere explorata
The construction of habere with the perfect passive participle (explorata, neuter plural accusative agreeing with omnia). Unlike a simple perfect infinitive exploravisse, this emphasizes the continued possession of the state resulting from the completed action ('to hold having been explored').
- 2.4.7deferri
In the phrase summam totius belli ('the chief command of the whole war'), summam is the noun summa in the accusative, functioning as the subject accusative of the passive infinitive deferri.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-22)
- 2026-09-22 AI review — note 1