De Bello Gallico 1.30

1.30.1Bellō Helvētiōrum cōnfectō tōtīus ferē Galliae lēgātī, prīncipēs cīvitātum, ad Caesarem grātulātum convēnērunt: intellegere sēsē, tametsī prō veteribus Helvētiōrum iniūriīs populī Rōmānī ab hīs poenās bellō repetīsset, tamen eam rem nōn minus ex ūsū terrae Galliae quam populī Rōmānī accidisse, proptereā quod eō cōnsiliō flōrentissimīs rēbus domōs suās Helvētiī relīquissent utī tōtī Galliae bellum īnferrent imperiōque potīrentur, locumque domiciliō ex magnā cōpiā dēligerent quem ex omnī Galliā oportūnissimum ac frūctuōsissimum iūdicāssent, reliquāsque cīvitātēs stīpendiāriās habērent.

When the war with the Helvetii was over, envoys from almost all of Gaul, the leading men of the states, came to Caesar to congratulate him: they understood, they said, that although he had exacted the penalty from the Helvetii in war for their old wrongs against the Roman people, this had turned out to the advantage of the land of Gaul no less than of the Roman people, because the Helvetii had left their homes while their affairs were flourishing with the plan of making war on all Gaul and gaining control of it, choosing out of a great range the place to live which they judged the most convenient and fruitful in all Gaul, and holding the remaining states as tributaries.

Note. grātulātum is a supine of purpose after a verb of motion: 'came to congratulate'. From intellegere on, the envoys' words are in indirect speech.

1.30.4Petiērunt utī sibi concilium tōtīus Galliae in diem certam indīcere idque Caesaris facere voluntāte licēret: sēsē habēre quāsdam rēs quās ex commūnī cōnsēnsū ab eō petere vellent.

They asked to be allowed to call a council of all Gaul for a fixed day, and to do so with Caesar's consent: they had certain matters which they wished to ask of him by common agreement.

Note. Petiērunt utī … licēret: an indirect request, 'they asked that it be allowed'. in diem certam: 'for a fixed day' (diēs is feminine when it means an appointed day).

1.30.5Eā rē permissā diem conciliō cōnstituērunt et iūre iūrandō nē quis ēnūntiāret, nisi quibus commūnī cōnsiliō mandātum esset, inter sē sānxērunt.

When this was granted, they set a day for the council and bound themselves to each other by an oath that no one would reveal its business except those to whom this was entrusted by common decision.

Note. iūre iūrandō: 'by an oath'. nē quis ēnūntiāret: 'that no one should reveal'; after nē, quis means 'anyone'.