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31.27. ius esse, etc.: Direct —

Ius est belli ut qui vicerunt eis quos vicerunt quem ad modum velint imperent; item populus Romanus victis non ad alterius praescriptum … imperare consuevit. Si ego populo Romano non praescribo quem ad modum suo iure utatur, non oportet me … in meo iure impediri. Haedui mihi, quoniam belli fortunam temptaverunt et … superati sunt, stipendiarii sunt facti. Magnam Caesar iniuriam facit qui suo adventu vectigalia mihi deteriora faciat. Haeduis （ego） obsides non reddam, neque his … bellum inferam, si in eo manebunt quod convenit stipendiumque … pendent; si id non fecerint, longe eis fraternum nomen populi Romani aberit. Quod mihi Caesar denuntiat se Haeduorum iniurias non neglecturum, nemo mecum sine sue pernicie contendit. Cum volet, congrediatur; intelleget quid invicti Germani … qui inter annos XIV tectum non subierunt （subierint）, virtute possint. 32.1.

eis: governed by imperarent. The verbs are in the past by sequence of tenses （§ 482, 485 (285, 287. d); B. 267; G. 518; H. 548 (495. iv); H-B. 476, H-B. 482. 1）. 32.2.

victis: governed by imperare. — alterius, any one else's. 32.5.

suo: i.e. the Roman people. — uteretur: subjv. in an indir. quest. 32.6.

suo: i.e. Ariovistus. — sibi … stipendiarios, tributary to him. 32.8.

qui faceret, in making: subjv. also in dir. disc. （§ 535. e (320. e); B. 283. 3; G. 633; H. 598 (517); H-B. 523）. 32.10.

non … neque, [on the one hand] he would not restore,etc., but [on the other] he would not wrongfully （ 32.11.

iniuriā, abl. of manner, § 412. b (248. R.); B. 220. 2; G. 399. N. 1; H. 473. 3 (419. III. N. 2); H-B. 445. 1）, etc. — in eo, etc.: see vocab. 32.13.

longe … afuturum, the name of brothers would be a great way off from them, i.e. too far to help them. 32.14.

quod, etc.: the whole clause is construed as an adv. acc.: as to Caesar's threat, etc.; cf. note on 16 18, and § 572. a (333. a); B. 299. 2; G. 525. 2; H. 588. iii. N (516. ii. 2. N); H-B. 552. 2. 32.15.

secum, sua: observe that these refer, one to Ariovistus, the other to his antagonist; see § 300 (196. a); B. 244; G. 520; H. 504. 2 (449. 6); H-B. 262. 32.16.

cum vellet, congrederetur, he might come on when he would. 32.17.

inter refers to something coming between two extremes. Hence, when applied to time, it means the entire interval between the beginning and the end of a given period, and may be rendered during.


Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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