WAR
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CONFEDERACY.
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consill prtneipes fuissent, quod 1 intellegerent, quantam ealamitatem ciVitati intulissent," in Britanniam profngisse. Petere non solum Bellovacos, sed etiam pro his Haeduos, ut sua 3 elementia ac mansuetudine in eos 4 ntatur.' Quod sf fecerit,6 Haeduorum auctoritatem apud omnes Belgas am-5 plificatnrum," quorum 8 auxilits atque opibus, si 9 qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint," 15. Caesar honoris 11 Drvitiaci atque Haeduorum causa sese eos in fidem receptl1rum et conservatnrum dixit; et quod erat civitas 12 magna 13 inter Belgas auetoritate atque 10 hominum multitndine 14praestabat, sexcentos obsidss poposcit. HIs traditts omnibusque armis ex oppido 15 collatrs, ab eo loco in fines Ambianorum pervenit ; qut se suaque omnia sine mora dediderunt.
Description of the Nervii.
Eorum 16 fines N ervit attingebant ; quorum de natl1ra.llS moribusque Caesar cum quaereret, sic 11 reperiebat : Nl111um aditum esse ad eos 18 meroatoribus ; 19 nihil pati 20 vini n 1 quod: causal. 2 intulissent; this would be subjunctive (of indirect question) even iu the direct discourse. 8 sua: his usual, or, his well known. 4 in BOS: toward them. 6 utatur: this and the remaining subjunctives of this chapter are in the present. and perfect tenses, instead of the imperfect and pluperfect, as though dependent upon a principal tense, thus giving greater vividness to the narration (repraesentatio). 6 quod si fecerit: il he do this; feeent represents a Iuture perfect of direct discourse. 1 ampliticaturum (esse) : the subject is cum understood, referring to Caesar. 8 quorum; its antecedent is Belt/as. 9 si qua: whatever. 10 consuerint: equivalent to a present in the sense of be ioout; its subject is ei understood, referring to the Haedui. U honoris Divitiaci causa: all a mark of honor to Diviliacull. Caesar's policy was to enhance the prestige of the Haedui, by attributing this act of pardon to the influence of Dlvltiacua, 12 civitas: namely, of the Bellovaci. 18 magna auctoritate; Ablative o[ QualitYi 352. 14 multitudine: Ablative of Specification. 16 oppido: Bratuspantium. 16 eorum: namely, of the Ambiani; the word is emphatic by position. 11 sic: as followlI. IS ad e08: limiting aditum. 19 mercatoribus: Dative of Possession, i.e. merduuus had no aCCll3I1. W pati: as subject understand cos, referring to the Nervii. 21 vini: Genitive of the Whole with nihil,-lIo willc.