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40.25. in eam sententiam qua re = to this effect [to show] why. 40.26.

negotio: abl. of separation. — posset: indir. quest.; cf. 18 15, 29 15, 38 23.neque suam, etc.: Direct —

Neque mea neque populi Romani consuetudo patitur uti optime meritos socios deseram, neque ego iudico Galliam potius esse Ariovisti quam populi Romani. Bello superati sunt Arverni et Ruteni ab Q. Fabio Maximo, quibus populus Romanus ignovit neque in provinciam redegit neque stipendium imposuit. Quod si antiquissimum quodque tempus spectari oportet, populi Romani iustissimum est in Gallia imperium; si iudicium senatus observari oportet, libera debet esse Gallia, quam bello victam suis legibus uti voluerit. 40.28.

neque se iudicare, and HE did not CONSIDER; notice the emphasis. 41.1.

bello superatos: B.C. 121, when the Allobroges also were subdued, and the Province probably organized; notice the emphasis. These peoples had been conquered, a fact which gave special rights to the Romans. 41.3.

ignovisset: but, in fact, their country lay beyond the naturally strong frontier of the Cevennes, and so could not then be conveniently occupied by the Romans. 41.4.

antiquissimum quodque (see § 313. b (93. c); B. 252. 5. c; G. 318. 2; H. 515. 2 (458. 1); H-B. 278. 2. b): Caesar, referring to the statement of Ariovistus in 39 28, claims priority of conquest for the Romans. 41.7.

suis = its own, referring through quam to Galliam. 41.8.

voluisset: the subject is [senatus].


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