§XIII"ὅτι τῶν Τευτόνων μοῖρα λῃστεύουσα πολύανδρος ἐς τὴν γῆν τῶν Νωρικῶν ἐσέβαλε, καὶ ὁ Ῥωμαίων ὕπατος Παπίριος Κάρβων δείσας μὴ ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐσβάλοιεν, ἐφήδρευε τοῖς Ἀλπείοις, ᾗ μάλιστά ἐστιν ἡ διάβασις στενωτάτη.
That a populous raiding band of the Teutones invaded the land of the Noricans, and the Roman consul Papirius Carbo, fearing lest they should invade Italy, lay in wait in the Alps, where the pass is at its narrowest.
οὐκ ἐπιχειρούντων δʼ ἐκείνων αὐτὸς ἐπέβαινεν αὐτοῖς, αἰτιώμενος ἐς Νωρικοὺς ἐσβαλεῖν, Ῥωμαίων ξένους ὄντας· ἐποιοῦντο δʼ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ξένους, οἷς ἐδίδοσαν μὲν εἶναι φίλοις, ἀνάγκη δʼ οὐκ ἐπῆν ὡς φίλοις ἐπαμύνειν.
Although they did not attack, he himself fell upon them, accusing them of invading the Noricans, who were guest-friends of the Romans; for the Romans made people guest-friends to whom they granted to be friends, but on whom there was no obligation to help as friends.
οἱ μὲν δὴ Τεύτονες πλησιάζοντι τῷ Κάρβωνι προσέπεμπον ἀγνοῆσαί τε τὴν ἐς Ῥωμαίους Νωρικῶν ξενίαν, καὶ αὐτῶν ἐς τὸ μέλλον ἀφέξεσθαι· ὁ δʼ ἐπαινέσας τοὺς πρέσβεις, καὶ δοὺς αὐτοῖς ὁδῶν ἡγεμόνας, κρύφα τοῖς ἡγουμένοις ἐνετείλατο μακροτέραν αὐτοὺς περιάγειν.
Now the Teutones, as Carbo was approaching, sent envoys to say that they were ignorant of the guest-friendship of the Noricans with the Romans, and that they would keep away from them in the future; but he, having praised the envoys and given them guides for the roads, secretly ordered the guides to lead them around by a longer route.
τῇ βραχυτέρᾳ δὲ αὐτὸς διαδραμών, ἀδοκήτως ἀναπαυομένοις ἔτι τοῖς Τεύτοσιν ἐμπεσών, ἔδωκε δίκην ἀπιστίας, πολλοὺς ἀποβαλών.
Having himself run through by the shorter way, and falling unexpectedly upon the Teutones while they were still resting, he paid the penalty for his bad faith, losing many of his men.
τάχα δʼ ἂν καὶ πάντας ἀπώλεσεν, εἰ μὴ ζόφος καὶ ὄμβρος καὶ βρονταὶ βαρεῖαι, τῆς μάχης ἔτι συνεστώσης ἐπιπεσοῦσαι, διέστησαν αὐτοὺς ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων, καὶ ὁ ἀγὼν ὑπὸ τῆς ἄνωθεν ἐκπλήξεως διελύθη.
And he would soon have lost all his own men, had not darkness and rain and heavy thunder, falling upon them while the battle was still going on, separated them from one another, and the contest was broken up by the terror from above.
σποράδες δὲ καὶ ὣς ἐς ὕλας οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι διαφυγόντες, τρίτῃ μόλις ἡμέρᾳ συνῆλθον.
Even so, the Romans, having fled in scattered groups into the woods, came together with difficulty on the third day.
καὶ Τεύτονες ἐς Γαλάτας ἐχώρουν.
And the Teutones proceeded into Gaul.
" §XIV"ὁ δὲ τοῖς σώμασι τῶν Κίμβρων ἀψαυστεῖν ἐκέλευεν, ἕως ἡμέρα γένγται, πολύχρυσα εἶναι δοκῶν.
And he ordered them to leave the bodies of the Cimbri untouched until daybreak, thinking that they were rich in gold.
" §XV"ὅτι ἔθνη δύο Τιγύριοι καὶ Ἑλουήτιοι ἐς τὴν Ῥωμαίων Κελτικὴν ἐσέβαλον, καὶ τούτων τὸν στόλον ὁ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος πυθόμενος διετείχισεν ὅσα περὶ Ῥοδανόν ἐστι ποταμὸν ἐς ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα σταδίους μάλιστα.
That two nations, the Tigurini and the Helvetii, invaded Roman Gaul, and Gaius Caesar, learning of their host, built a wall along the river Rhone for about a hundred and fifty stades.
καὶ πρεσβευσαμένοις ἐπὶ διαπείρᾳ τοῖς πολεμίοις ὑπὲρ σπονδῶν ἐκέλευεν ὅμηρα δοῦναι καὶ χρήματα.
And when the enemy sent envoys to test him and sue for a treaty, he ordered them to give hostages and money.
ἀποκριναμένων δʼ εἰθίσθαι ταῦτα λαμβάνειν, οὐ διδόναι, βουλόμενος φθάσαι τὴν ὁμαιχμίαν αὐτῶν, ἐπὶ μὲν τοὺς Τιγυρίους ἐλάσσους ὄντας ἔπεμπε Λαβιηνόν, αὐτὸς δὲ ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἑλουητίους ἐχώρει, προσλαβὼν Γαλατῶν τῶν ὀρείων ἐς δισμυρίους.
But they replied that they were accustomed to receive these things, not to give them; whereupon, wishing to forestall their alliance, he sent Labienus against the Tigurini, who were fewer, while he himself marched against the Helvetii, taking with him about twenty thousand of the mountain Gauls.
καὶ γίγνεται Λαβιηνῷ τὸ ἔργον εὐμαρές, ἀδοκήτοις Τιγυρίοις περὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ἐπιπεσόντι, καὶ τρεψαμένῳ καὶ σκεδάσαντι τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐν ἀσυνταξίᾳ. "
And the task became easy for Labienus, as he fell upon the Tigurini unexpectedly near the river, and routed them and scattered most of them in disorder.
§XVI"ὅτι Ἀριόουιστος, Γερμανῶν βασιλεὺς τῶν ὑπὲρ Ῥῆνον, ἐπιβαίνων τῆς πέραν Αἰδούοις ἔτι πρὸ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐπολέμει φίλοις οὖσι Ῥωμαίων.
That Ariovistus, king of the Germans beyond the Rhine, crossing to the other side, was making war on the Aedui, who were friends of the Romans, even before Caesar's arrival.
τότε μὲν δή, τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις κελεύουσι πεισθείς, ἀνέζευζεν ἀπὸ τῶν Αἰδούων, καὶ φίλος ἠξίωσε Ῥωμαίοις γενέσθαι.
At that time, indeed, obeying the Romans' commands, he withdrew from the Aedui, and asked to become a friend to the Romans.
καὶ ἐγένετο, ὑπατεύοντος αὐτοῦ Καίσαρος καὶ ψηφισαμένου. "
And so he did, Caesar himself being consul and passing a decree to that effect.
§XVII"ὅτι Ἀριόουιστος ὁ Γερμανῶν βασιλεύς, φίλος γενόμενος Ῥωμαίων, ἐς λόγους ἦλθε τῷ Καίσαρι, καὶ διαχωρισθέντων ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων αὖθις συνελθεῖν ἐς λόγους ἠξίωσεν.
That Ariovistus, the king of the Germans, having become a friend of the Romans, came to a conference with Caesar, and after they had separated from each other, he asked to meet again for a conference.
τοῦ δὲ Καίσαρος οὐ συνελθόντος, ἀλλὰ τοὺς πρωτεύοντας Γαλατῶν ἀποστείλαντος, ἔδησε τοὺς πρέσβεις.
But Caesar, instead of meeting him, sent the leading men of the Gauls, whereupon Ariovistus bound the envoys.
καὶ ὁ Καῖσαρ ἐστράτευεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν μετʼ ἀπειλῆς.
And Caesar marched against him with threats.
δέος δʼ ἐμπίπτει τῷ στρατῷ κατὰ κλέος τῶν Γερμανῶν. "
But fear fell upon the army because of the reputation of the Germans.
§XVIII"ὅτι Οὐσιπέται, ἔθνος Γερμανικόν, καὶ Ταγχρέαι δοκοῦσι πρότεροι σφετέροις ἱππεῦσιν ὀκτακοσίοις τρέψασθαι τῶν Καίσαρος ἱππέων ἐς πεντακισχιλίους, ὁ δὲ Καῖσαρ αὐτοῖς πρεσβευομένοις ἐς αὐτὸν ἐπιθέσθαι, τοὺς πρέσβεις κατασχών, καὶ τὸ πάθος ἐκείνοις ἐς τέλος αἰφνίδιον οὕτω συνενεχθῆναι ὡς τεσσαράκοντα μυριάδας τούτων συγκοπῆναι.
That the Usipetes, a German nation, and the Tencteri, are thought to have first routed about five thousand of Caesar's cavalry with eight hundred of their own cavalry, and that Caesar attacked them while they were sending envoys to him, having detained the envoys, and that such a sudden ruin fell upon them in the end that four hundred thousand of them were cut to pieces.
Κάτωνά τε ἐν Ῥώμῃ τῶν τις συγγραφέων φησὶ γνώμην ἐσενεγκεῖν, ἐκδοῦναι τοῖς βαρβάροις τὸν Καίσαρα ὡς ἐναγὲς ἔργον ἐς διαπρεσβευσαμένους ἐργασάμενον.
And one of the writers says that Cato proposed a motion in Rome to surrender Caesar to the barbarians as having committed an accursed deed against envoys.
ὁ δὲ Καῖσαρ ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις ἀναγραφαῖς τῶν ἐφημέρων ἔργων φησὶ τοὺς Οὐσιπέτας καὶ Ταγχρέας κελευομένους ἐκπηδᾶν ἐς τὰ ἀρχαῖα σφῶν, φάναι πρέσβεις ἐς τοὺς ἐκβαλόντας Σουήβους ἀπεσταλκέναι καὶ τὰς ἀποκρίσεις αὐτῶν ἀναμένειν, καὶ ἐν ταῖσδε ταῖς διαπρεσβεύσεσιν ἐπιθέσθαι τοῖς ὀκτακοσίοις, καὶ παρʼ αὐτὸ τρέψαι τοὺς Ῥωμαίων πεντακισχιλίους.
But Caesar, in his own records of his daily deeds, says that when the Usipetes and Tencteri were ordered to depart to their ancient lands, they said they had sent envoys to the Suebi, who had expelled them, and were waiting for their replies, and during these negotiations they attacked with the eight hundred and thereby routed the five thousand of the Romans.
ἐπιπρεσβευομένων δʼ αὐτῶν καὶ περὶ τοῦ παρασπονδήματος ἀπολογουμένων, ὑποτοπήσας ἐνέδραν ὁμοίαν, ἐπιθέσθαι πρὸ τῶν ἀποκρίσεων. "
And when they sent further envoys and apologized for the treaty-breaking, suspecting a similar ambush, he attacked before the replies.
§XIX"εὐθὺς ἠρέθιζον τοὺς Βρεττανοὺς παρορκῆσαι, ἔγκλημα ἔχοντας ὅτι σπονδῶν σφίσι γενομένων ἔτι παρῆν τὸ στρατόπεδον. "
They immediately incited the Britons to break their oaths, having the grievance that, although a treaty had been made with them, the camp was still present.
§XX"δείσας ὁ Καῖσαρ περὶ τῷ Κικέρωνι ὑπέστρεφεν εἰς τοὐπίσω. "
Caesar, fearing for Cicero, turned back.
§XXI"ὅτι ὁ Βριτόρης διέφθειρεν Αἰδούους Ῥωμαίων ἀποστῆναι, καὶ τοῦ Καίσαρος ὀνειδίσαντος αὐτοῖς φιλίαν ἔφασαν παλαιὰν ἐφθακέναι. "
That Britoris persuaded the Aedui to revolt from the Romans, and when Caesar reproached them, they said that an ancient friendship had existed beforehand.