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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 .