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Julius Caesar — De Bello Gallico 1.1

Commentarii de Bello Gallico

The Gallic War (opening)

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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.

Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, another the Aquitani, the third those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls. All these differ from one another in language, customs, and laws.

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,

The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani; the Marne and the Seine separate them from the Belgae. Of all these the bravest are the Belgae, because they are farthest from the refinement and civilization of the Province.

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.

Merchants least often travel to them and bring in the things that tend to soften the mind; and they are nearest to the Germans, who dwell across the Rhine, with whom they continually wage war.

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