- 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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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:8.22.1-8.22.2
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-04
Caesar points out to the ambassadors that the Bellovaci had persisted in the war most obstinately. While noting that blame is easily shifted to the dead, he agrees to be satisfied with the punishment they have brought upon themselves.
Haec orantibus legatis1 commemorat Caesar: Eodem tempore superiore anno Bellovacos ceterasque Galliae civitates suscepisse bellum: pertinacissime hos ex omnibus in sententia permansisse neque ad sanitatem reliquorum deditione esse perductos.
To the ambassadors making these entreaties, Caesar points out: that at the same time in the preceding year, the Bellovaci and the other states of Gaul had undertaken war; and that these, of all, had most obstinately persisted in their resolution, and had not been brought back to sanity by the surrender of the rest.
Scire atque intellegere se causam peccati facillime mortuis delegari.2 Neminem vero tantum pollere, ut invitis principibus, resistente senatu, omnibus bonis repugnantibus3 infirma manu plebis bellum concitare et gerere posset. Sed tamen se contentum fore ea poena quam sibi ipsi contraxissent.
He said that he knew and understood well that the blame for the offense was very easily laid upon the dead; but that no one possessed so much power that, with the leaders unwilling, the senate resisting, and all good men opposing, he could stir up and wage war with only the weak hand of the populace. Nevertheless, he would be satisfied with that punishment which they themselves had brought upon themselves.
- 8.22.1Haec orantibus legatis
Dative plural of the participle 'orantibus' and the noun 'legatis', functioning as the indirect object of the main verb 'commemorat' ('to the ambassadors entreating these things').
- 8.22.2Scire atque intellegere se causam peccati facillime mortuis delegari
A nested accusative-with-infinitive construction in indirect speech. The accusative 'se' is the subject of the infinitives 'scire' and 'intellegere', which in turn govern another accusative-with-infinitive clause where 'causam peccati' is the subject accusative and 'delegari' is the passive infinitive.
- 8.22.2invitis principibus, resistente senatu, omnibus bonis repugnantibus
Three coordinate ablative absolute constructions in parallel. They express concessive or circumstantial relations ('with the leaders unwilling, the senate resisting, and all good men opposing'), emphasizing the impossibility of the populace stirring up war alone within the 'ut... posset' result clause.
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