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31.10.

beneficio is explained by cumesset, and gratiam referret by utputaret; the first sibi refers to Caesar and the second to Ariovistus. In this sentence the causal clause is quoniamputaret, 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).


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