Caesar's De bello gallico
Rebecca Miller /
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English
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres , quarum unam incolunt Belgae , aliam Aquitani , tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae , nostra Galli appellantur . Hi omnes lingua , institutis , legibus inter se differunt . Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen , a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit . Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae , propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt , minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important , proximique sunt Germanis , qui trans Rhenum incolunt , quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt . Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt , quod fere cotidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt , cum aut suis finibus eos prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt . [ Eorum una , pars , quam Gallos obtinere dictum est , initium capit a flumine Rhodano , continetur Garumna flumine , Oceano , finibus Belgarum , attingit etiam ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum , vergit ad septentriones . Belgae ab extremis Galliae finibus oriuntur , pertinent ad inferiorem partem fluminis Rheni , spectant in septentrionem et orientem solem . Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyrenaeos montes et eam partem Oceani quae est ad Hispaniam pertinet ; spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones . ]
All
Gaul
is
divided
into
three
parts
,
one
of
which
the
Belgae
inhabit
,
the
Aquitani
another
,
those
who
in
their
own
language
are
called
Celts
,
in
our
Gauls
,
the
third
.
All
these
differ
from
each
other
in
language
,
customs
and
laws
.
The
river
Garonne
separates
the
Gauls
from
the
Aquitani
;
the
Marne
and
the
Seine
separate
them
from
the
Belgae
.
Of
all
these
,
theBelgae
are
the
bravest
,
because
they
are
furthest
from
the
civilization
and
refinement
of
[
our
]
Province
,
and
merchants
least
frequently
resort
to
them
,
and
import
those
things
which
tend
to
effeminate
the
mind
;
and
they
are
the
nearest
to
the
Germans
,
who
dwell
beyond
the
Rhine
,
with
whom
they
are
continually
waging
war
;
for
which
reason
the
Helvetii
also
surpass
the
rest
of
the
Gauls
in
valor
,
as
they
contend
with
the
Germans
in
almost
daily
battles
,
when
they
either
repel
them
from
their
own
territories
,
or
themselves
wage
war
on
their
frontiers
.
One
part
of
these
,
which
it
has
been
said
that
the
Gauls
occupy
,
takes
its
beginning
at
the
riverRhone
;
it
is
bounded
by
the
river
Garonne
,
the
ocean
,
and
the
territories
of
the
Belgae
;
it
borders
,
too
,
on
the
side
of
the
Sequani
and
the
Helvetii
,
upon
the
river
Rhine
,
and
stretches
toward
the
north
.
The
Belgae
rises
from
the
extreme
frontier
of
Gaul
,
extend
to
the
lower
part
of
the
riverRhine
;
and
look
toward
the
north
and
the
rising
sun
.
Aquitania
extends
from
the
river
Garonne
to
the
Pyrenaean
mountains
and
to
that
part
of
the
ocean
which
is
near
Spain
:
it
looks
between
the
setting
of
the
sun
,
and
the
north
star
.