11/15/19
Garret Smith /
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Ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse duxerunt ; in tertium annum profectionem lege confirmant . 3 Ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur . Is sibi legationem ad civitates suscipit . In eo itinere persuadet Castico , Catamantaloedis filio , Sequano , cuius pater regnum in Sequanis multos annos obtinuerat et a senatu populi Romani amicus appellatus erat , ut regnum in civitate sua occuparet , quod pater ante habuerit ; 4 itemque Dumnorigi Haeduo , fratri Diviciaci , qui eo tempore principatum in civitate obtinebat ac maxime plebi acceptus erat , ut idem conaretur persuadet eique filiam suam in matrimonium dat
They
reckoned
that
a
term
of
two
years
would
be
sufficient
for
them
to
execute
their
designs
;
they
fix
by
decree
their
departure
for
the
third
year
.
Orgetorix
is
chosen
to
complete
these
arrangements
.
He
took
upon
himself
the
office
of
embassador
to
the
states
:
on
this
journey
he
persuades
Casticus
,
the
son
of
Catamantaledes
(
one
of
the
Sequani
,
whose
father
had
possessed
the
sovereignty
among
the
people
for
many
years
,
and
had
been
styled
"
friend
"
by
the
senate
of
the
Roman
people
)
,
to
seize
upon
the
sovereignty
in
his
own
state
,
which
his
father
had
held
before
him
,
and
he
likewise
persuades
Dumnorix
,
an
Aeduan
,
the
brother
of
Divitiacus
,
who
at
that
time
possessed
the
chief
authority
in
the
state
,
and
was
exceedingly
beloved
by
the
people
,
to
attempt
the
same
,
and
gives
him
his
daughter
in
marriage
.