Book 4 Chapter 3, Caesar
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Publice maximam putant esse laudem quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros : hac re significari magnum numerum civitatum suam vim sustinere non posse . 2 Itaque una ex parte a Suebis circiter milia passuum C agri vacare dicuntur . 3 Ad alteram partem succedunt Ubii , quorum fuit civitas ampla atque florens , ut est captus Germanorum ; ii paulo , quamquam sunt eiusdem generis , sunt ceteris humaniores , propterea quod Rhenum attingunt multum ad eos mercatores ventitant et ipsi propter propinquitatem [ quod ] Gallicis sunt moribus adsuefacti . 4 Hos cum Suebi multis saepe bellis experti propter amplitudinem gravitatem civitatis finibus expellere non potuissent , tamen vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmiores redegerunt .
They
esteem
it
their
greatest
praise
as
a
nation
,
that
the
lands
about
their
territories
lie
unoccupied
to
a
very
great
extent
,
inasmuch
as
[
they
think
]
that
by
this
circumstance
is
indicated
,
that
a
great
number
of
nations
can
not
withstand
their
power
;
and
thus
on
one
side
of
the
Suevi
the
lands
are
said
to
lie
desolate
for
about
six
hundred
miles
.
On
the
other
side
they
border
on
the
Ubii
,
whose
state
was
large
and
flourishing
,
considering
the
condition
of
the
Germans
,
and
who
are
somewhat
more
refined
than
those
of
the
same
race
and
the
rest
[
of
the
Germans
]
,
and
that
because
they
border
on
the
Rhine
,
and
are
much
resorted
to
by
merchants
,
and
are
accustomed
to
the
manners
of
the
Gauls
,
by
reason
of
their
proximity
to
them
.
Though
the
Suevi
,
after
making
the
attempt
frequently
and
in
several
wars
,
could
not
expel
this
nation
from
their
territories
,
on
account
of
the
extent
and
population
of
their
state
,
yet
they
made
them
tributaries
,
and
rendered
them
less
distinguished
and
powerful
[
than
they
had
ever
been
]
.