De Bello Gallico 1.35

1.35.1Hīs respōnsīs ad Caesarem relātīs, iterum ad eum Caesar lēgātōs cum hīs mandātīs mittit: quoniam tantō suō populīque Rōmānī beneficiō adfectus, cum in cōnsulātū suō rēx atque amīcus ā senātū appellātus esset, hanc sibi populōque Rōmānō grātiam referret ut in conloquium venīre invītātus gravārētur neque dē commūnī rē dīcendum sibi et cognōscendum putāret, haec esse quae ab eō postulāret: prīmum nē quam multitūdinem hominum amplius trāns Rhēnum in Galliam trādūceret;

When these replies were brought back to Caesar, he sent envoys to him again with this message: since, after being treated with such kindness by himself and the Roman people, having been called king and friend by the Senate in Caesar's consulship, he showed his gratitude to Caesar and the Roman people by refusing to come to a conference when invited and by not thinking he needed to discuss and learn about matters of common concern, these were Caesar's demands: first, that he should bring no more people across the Rhine into Gaul;

Note. This long sentence is the message in indirect speech. gravārētur: 'he was unwilling', from the deponent gravor. haec esse quae … postulāret: 'these were the things he demanded'.

1.35.3deinde obsidēs quōs habēret ab Haeduīs redderet Sēquanīsque permitteret ut quōs illī habērent voluntāte eius reddere illīs licēret;

next, that he should return the hostages he held from the Haedui, and allow the Sequani to return, with his permission, the hostages they held;

1.35.3nēve Haeduōs iniūriā lacesseret nēve hīs sociīsque eōrum bellum īnferret.

and that he should not provoke the Haedui with wrongs or make war on them or their allies.

1.35.4Sī id ita fēcisset, sibi populōque Rōmānō perpetuam grātiam atque amīcitiam cum eō futūram;

If he did this, Caesar and the Roman people would have lasting goodwill and friendship with him;

1.35.4sī nōn impetrāret, sēsē, quoniam M. Messālā, M. Pīsōne cōnsulibus senātus cēnsuisset utī quīcumque Galliam prōvinciam obtinēret, quod commodō reī pūblicae facere posset, Haeduōs cēterōsque amīcōs populī Rōmānī dēfenderet, sē Haeduōrum iniūriās nōn neglēctūrum.

if Caesar did not obtain this, then, since the Senate had decreed in the consulship of Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso that whoever governed the province of Gaul should protect the Haedui and the other friends of the Roman people, as far as he could do so with advantage to the state, he would not overlook the wrongs done to the Haedui.

Note. M. Messālā, M. Pīsōne cōnsulibus: 61 BC, as in 1.2. quod commodō reī pūblicae facere posset: 'as far as he could do so with advantage to the state'.