[*] 31.9. quoniam, etc.: Direct — Quoniam tanto meo populique Romani beneficio adfectus, cum in consulatu meo rex … appellatus sit, hanc mihi … gratiam refert, ut in conloquium venire … gravetur neque de communi re dicendum sibi … putet, haec sunt quae ab eo postulo: primum, ne quam multitudinem … in Galliam traducat; deinde obsides quos habet ab Haeduis reddat, Sequanisque permittat ut quos illi habent （habeant） voluntate eius reddere … liceat; neve Haeduos … lacessat, neve his … bellum inferat. Si id ita fecerit, mihi … perpetua gratia … cum eo erit; si non impetrabo, ego, — quoniam … senatus censuit uti quicumque Galliam provinciam obtineret … Haeduos … defenderet, — （ego） Haeduorum iniurias non neglegam. [*] 31.9b. tanto … adfectus: see introductory note to this campaign, p. 285. [*] 31.10. beneficio is explained by cum … esset, and gratiam referret by ut … putaret; the first sibi refers to Caesar and the second to Ariovistus. In this sentence the causal clause is quoniam … putaret, and the leading verb is esse: Since, though so, greatly favored by the Romans, he made such an [ill] return （hanc gratiam referret） as to grudge coming to a conference when invited, and did not consider that he ought to speak or hear about their common business, [therefore] these were the demands he made （the things he required） of him, etc. Observe that in Latin the significant word, the verb （postularet）, becomes in English the noun （demands）. [*] 31.15. ne quam,not any. [*] 31.18. eius: Ariovistus; illis: the Sequani. [*] 31.21. si non impetraret: i.e. this pledge or assurance. [*] 31.22. M. Messala, etc.: cf. note on 2 12. This was in B.C. 61. [*] 31.24. obtineret, should hold （as governor）, not 'obtain.' Avoid the kindred word in translation. Words are liable to change their meanings in 2000 years. See note on obtinere, 2 1. For construction, cf. note on 6 10. — quod = so far as. — commodo （abl. of specif.） rei publicae, to the advantage of the state. [*] 31.25. defenderet: see the reasons in the note on the Campaign against Ariovistus, p. 285. — se: a repetition of sese above on account of the long parenthesis.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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