§7.39.1Eporedorix Aeduus, summo loco natus adulescens et summae domi potentiae, et una Viridomarus, pari aetate et gratia, sed genere dispari, quem Caesar ab Diviciaco sibi traditum ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat, in equitum numero convenerant nominatim ab eo evocati.
Eporedorix the Aeduan, a young man born of the highest rank and of the greatest influence at home, and along with him Viridomarus, of equal age and influence, but of unequal birth, whom Caesar, after he had been handed over to him by Diviciacus, had raised from a humble position to the highest dignity, had assembled in the number of the cavalry, having been summoned by him by name.
§7.39.2His erat inter se de principatu contentio, et in illa magistratuum controversia alter pro Convictolitavi, alter pro Coto summis opibus pugnaverant.
These men had a rivalry between themselves for the leadership, and in that dispute over the magistracy, the one had fought with all his might for Convictolitavis, the other for Cotus.
§7.39.3Ex eis Eporedorix cognito Litavicci consilio media fere nocte rem ad Caesarem defert; orat ne patiatur civitatem pravis adulescentium consiliis ab amicitia populi Romani deficere; quod futurum provideat, si se tot hominum milia cum hostibus coniunxerint, quorum salutem neque propinqui neglegere, neque civitas levi momento aestimare posset.
From among them, Eporedorix, having learned of Litaviccus's plan, reports the matter to Caesar about midnight; he begs him not to suffer the state to defect from the friendship of the Roman people through the depraved counsels of these young men; he urges him to foresee what would happen if so many thousands of men should join themselves with the enemy, whose safety neither their kinsmen could neglect, nor the state regard as of light importance.