| [28] Quod ubi Caesar resciit,
quorum per fines ierant, his uti
conquirerent et reducerent, si sibi
purgati esse vellent, imperavit;
reductos in hostium numero habuit; reliquos omnes
- obsidibus, armis, perfugis traditis - in deditionem
accepit.
Helvetios, Tulingos, Latobrigos in fines suos, unde
erant profecti, reverti iussit,
et, quod, omnibus frugibus amissis,
domi nihil erat, quo famem tolerarent,
Allobrogibus imperavit, ut iis frumenti copiam
facerent; ipsos oppida vicosque,
quos incenderant, restituere iussit.
Id ea maxime ratione fecit, quod noluit
eum locum unde Helvetii discesserant
vacare, ne propter
bonitatem agrorum Germani, qui trans Rhenum incolunt,
ex suis finibus in Helvetiorum fines transirent et finitimi
Galliae provinciae Allobrogibusque essent. Boios petentibusnbsp;
Haeduis, quod egregia virtute erant
cogniti, ut in finibus suis conlocarent, concessit;
quibus illi agros dederunt quosque postea in parem
iuris libertatisque condicionem atque
ipsi erant receperunt.
[29] In castris Hevetiorum tabulae repertae sunt litteris Graecis confectae et ad Caesarem relatae, quibus in tabulis nominatim ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, eorum qui arma ferre possent, et item separatim, quot pueri, senes mulieresque. [Quarum omnium rerum] summa erat capitum Helvetiorum milium CCLXIII, Tulingorum milium XXXVI, Latobrigorum XIIII, Rauracorum XXXII; Boiorum XXXII; ex his qui arma ferre possent ad milia nonaginta duo. Summa omnium fuerunt ad milia CCCLXVIII. Eorum qui domum redierunt, censu habito, ut Caesar imperaverat, repertus est numerus milium C et X. |
[1.28] But when Caesar discovered this, he commanded those
through whose territory they had gone, to seek them out and to bring
them back again, if they meant to be acquitted before him; and considered
them, when brought back, in the light of enemies; he admitted all
the rest to a surrender, upon their delivering up the hostages, arms, and
deserters.
He ordered the Helvetii, the Tulingi, and the Latobrigi, to return to their territories from which they had come, and as there was at home nothing whereby they might support their hunger, all the productions of the earth having been destroyed, he commanded the Allobroges to let them have a plentiful supply of corn; and ordered them to rebuild the towns and villages which they had burned. This he did, chiefly, on this account, because he was unwilling that the country, from which the Helvetii had departed, should be untenanted, lest the Germans, who dwell on the other side of the Rhine, should, on account of the excellence of the lands, cross over from their own territories into those of the Helvetii, and become borderers upon the province of Gaul and the Allobroges. He granted the petition of the Aedui, that they might settle the Boii, in their own (i. e. in the Aeduan) territories, as these were known to be of distinguished valor, to whom they gave lands, and whom they afterward admitted to the same state of rights and freedom as themselves. [1.29] In the camp of the Helvetii, lists were found, drawn up in Greek characters, and were brought to Caesar, in which an estimate had been drawn up, name by name, of the number which had gone forth from their country of those who were able to bear arms; and likewise the boys, the old men, and the women, separately. Of all which items the total was:
Of the Tulingi .........36,000 Of the Latobrigi. ... .14,000 Of the Rauraci . .. . .23,000 Of the Boii . . . . . . 32,000 Out of these, such as could bear arms, [amounted] to about 92,000. When the census of those who returned home was taken, as Caesar had commanded, the number was found to be 110,000. |
"resciit"
rescisco, -ere, -scii, -scitum to find out, discover
"ierant"
eo, ire, ii/ivi to go, march
"Quod ubi Caesar resciit"
ubi when, as soon as; where
lit. which, when Caesar found out = when Caesar
found this out
"conquirerent"
conquiro, -ere, -quisivi, -quisitum seek out, search, collect
"reducerent"
reduco, -ere to lead back
"quorum"
precedes its antecedent his, which is in the dative after imperavit.
"sibi"
dat. of reflex. pron., referring back to Caesar = in his opinion
"purgati"
purgo, -are, -avi, -atum to clear, exuse
"vellent"
if they wanted to be cleared/exused before him (sibi)
"in hostium numero habuit"
aliquem in numero hostium habere lit. to have someone in the
number of enemies, = to consider someone an enemy
"obsidibus, armis, perfugis traditis"
abl. abs. after hostages, arms, and deserters had been handed
over
"perfugis"
perfuga, -ae m. deserter
"deditionem"
deditio, -onis f. surrender
"accepit"
accipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum to receive, accept
"profecti"
proficiscor, -i, profectus sum dep. to set out
"reverti"
revertor, -i, -versus sum usually dep. to return
"iussit"
iubeo, -êre, iussi, iussum to order
"quod ... domi nihil erat"
because ... nothing was left at home
"omnibus frugibus amissis"
frux, frugis f. fruit, produce; plural:
crops
"tolerarent"
famen tolerare = to satisfy (one's) hunger
"frumenti"
frumentum, -i n. grain
"ipsos"
= the Helvetions themselves
"vicosque"
vicus, -i m. village
"incenderant"
incendo, -ere, -di, -sum to burn
"restituere"
restituo, -ere, -stitui, -stitutum replace, restore,
rebuild
"frumenti copiam facerent"
facio, -ere here: to furnish
that they should furnish [them with] a supply of grain
"noluit"
nolo, nolle, nolui not to want, be unwilling
"ea maxime ratione"
especially for this reason
"discesserant"
discedo, -ere, -cessi to leave, depart
"vacare"
vaco, -are, -avi, -atium be empty, unoccupied
"ne"
introducing purpose clause: in order that not ...
"propter"
prep. with acc. on account of
"bonitatem"
bonitas, -atis f. good quality
"transirent"
transeo, -ire to cross
"finitimi"
finitimi, -orum neighbors
"petentibus Haeduis"
abl.abs. = at the request of the Haedui
"egregia"
egregius, -ia, -ium outstanding, distinguished
descriptive abl. egregia virtute of outstanding
valor
"conlocarent"
colloco, -are, -avi, -atum place, settle
"erant cogniti"
cognosco, -ere, -novi, -notum find out; perf.
to know
erant cognoti they were known to be out outstanding
courage
"concessit"
concedo, -dere, -cessi, -cessum to grant
"iuris"
ius, iuris n. law, right, justice
"condicionem"
condicio, -ionis f. condition, state
"receperunt"
recipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum admit, receive
"repertae sunt"
reperio, reperîre, -peri, pertum to find, discover
"confectae"
conficio, -ere, -feci, -fectum make, prepare
"relatae"
refero, -ferre, -tuli, -latum to bring, give back, return
" ratio"
ration, -ionis f. account
"confecta"
conficio, -ere, -feci, -fectum make, prepare
"possent"
possum, posse, potui to be able
"summa"
summa, -ae f. sum, total
"capitum" (gen. plural)
caput, capitis n. head (head standing for 'people', cp. 'so
and so many head of cattle';)
"milium CCLXIII"
ducenta sexaginta tria
"ad"
prep. with acc. to, about
"Summa"
summa, -ae f. sum, total
"domum redierunt"
domum (acc.) (to) home
domum redire to return home
"censu habito"
abl. abs.
censum (census, -ûs m.) habere to take a census
"repertus est"
reperio, reperîre, reperi, repertum to find