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Julius Caesar — De Bello Gallico 1.1

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

The Gallic War (opening)

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GaulGallia isest as a wholeomnis divideddivisa intoin partspartes threetres,
of whichquarum oneunam inhabitincolunt the BelgaeBelgae, anotheraliam the AquitaniAquitani, the thirdtertiam those whoqui in their ownipsorum languagelingua CeltsCeltae, in oursnostra GaulsGalli are calledappellantur.
theseHi allomnes in languagelingua, in customsinstitutis, in lawslegibus amonginter themselvesse differdifferunt.

the GaulsGallos fromab the AquitaniAquitanis the GaronneGarumna riverflumen, froma the BelgaeBelgis the MarneMatrona andet the SeineSequana dividesdividit.
of theseHorum allomnium the bravestfortissimi aresunt the BelgaeBelgae, for this reasonpropterea becausequod froma the refinementcultu andatque civilizationhumanitate of the Provinceprovinciae farthestlongissime they are distantabsunt,

and least of allminimeque toad themeos merchantsmercatores oftensaepe travelcommeant andatque those thingsea whichquae towardad softeningeffeminandos mindsanimos tendpertinent bring inimportant,
and nearestproximique they aresunt to the GermansGermanis, whoqui acrosstrans the RhineRhenum dwellincolunt, with whomquibuscum continuallycontinenter warbellum they wagegerunt.

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