De Bello Gallico 1.10

1.10.1Caesarī renūntiātur Helvētiīs esse in animō per agrum Sēquanōrum et Haeduōrum iter in Santonum fīnēs facere, quī nōn longē ā Tolōsātium fīnibus absunt, quae cīvitās est in prōvinciā.

Caesar is told that the Helvetii intend to march through the land of the Sequani and the Haedui into the territory of the Santones, which is not far from the territory of the Tolosates, a state that lies in the Province.

1.10.2Id sī fieret, intellegēbat magnō cum perīculō prōvinciae futūrum ut hominēs bellicōsōs, populī Rōmānī inimīcōs, locīs patentibus maximēque frūmentāriīs fīnitimōs habēret.

He understood that if this happened it would be very dangerous for the Province to have warlike men, enemies of the Roman people, as neighbours to open country that was very rich in grain.

Note. magnō cum perīculō prōvinciae futūrum ut …: 'it would be with great danger to the Province that …'.

1.10.3Ob eās causās eī mūnītiōnī quam fēcerat T. Labiēnum lēgātum praeficit;

For these reasons he puts Titus Labienus, his officer, in charge of the fortification he had made;

Note. praeficiō takes the accusative of the person put in charge and the dative of what he is put in charge of: Labiēnum … mūnītiōnī.

1.10.3ipse in Ītaliam magnīs itineribus contendit duāsque ibi legiōnēs cōnscrībit et trēs, quae circum Aquilēiam hiemābant, ex hībernīs ēdūcit et, quā proximum iter in ulteriōrem Galliam per Alpēs erat, cum hīs quīnque legiōnibus īre contendit.

he himself hurries to Italy by forced marches, enrolls two legions there, brings three out of winter quarters around Aquileia, and with these five legions hastens to go by the shortest route over the Alps into Further Gaul.

1.10.4Ibi Ceutronēs et Graiocelī et Caturigēs locīs superiōribus occupātīs itinere exercitum prohibēre cōnantur.

There the Ceutrones, the Graioceli and the Caturiges seized the higher ground and tried to stop the army on its march.

1.10.4Complūribus hīs proeliīs pulsīs ab Ocelō, quod est oppidum citeriōris prōvinciae extrēmum, in fīnēs Vocontiōrum ulteriōris prōvinciae diē septimō pervenit;

After driving them off in several battles, he arrives on the seventh day from Ocelum, the farthest town of Nearer Gaul, in the territory of the Vocontii in Further Gaul;

1.10.4inde in Allobrogum fīnēs, ab Allobrogibus in Segusiāvōs exercitum dūcit.

from there he leads his army into the territory of the Allobroges, and from the Allobroges to the Segusiavi.

1.10.4Hī sunt extrā prōvinciam trāns Rhodanum prīmī.

These are the first people beyond the Province across the Rhône.