De Bello Gallico 5.3

5.3.1Haec cīvitās longē plūrimum tōtīus Galliae equitātū valet magnāsque habet cōpiās peditum Rhēnumque, ut suprā dēmōnstrāvimus, tangit.

This state is by far the strongest of all Gaul in cavalry, has large forces of infantry, and, as we showed above, borders on the Rhine.

5.3.2In eā cīvitāte duo dē prīncipātū inter sē contendēbant, Indutiomārus et Cingetorīx;

In that state two men were contending with each other for the leadership, Indutiomarus and Cingetorix;

5.3.3ē quibus alter, simul atque dē Caesaris legiōnumque adventū cognitum est, ad eum vēnit, sē suōsque omnēs in officiō futūrōs neque ab amīcitiā populī Rōmānī dēfectūrōs cōnfirmāvit quaeque in Trēverīs gererentur ostendit.

of these, the second, as soon as Caesar's arrival with the legions became known, came to him, gave assurance that he and all his people would remain loyal and would not desert the friendship of the Roman people, and showed him what was going on among the Treveri.

Note. alter: of two men already named, 'the second', i.e. Cingetorix. quaeque … gererentur: indirect question with the -que joining it to the preceding verbs.

5.3.4At Indutiomārus equitātum peditātumque cōgere, eīsque quī per aetātem in armīs esse nōn poterant in silvam Arduennam abditīs, quae ingentī magnitūdine per mediōs fīnēs Trēverōrum ā flūmine Rhēnō ad initium Rēmōrum pertinet, bellum parāre īnstituit.

But Indutiomarus began to collect cavalry and infantry and to prepare for war, after hiding those who because of their age could not bear arms in the Ardennes forest, which stretches with its huge size through the middle of the territory of the Treveri from the river Rhine to the border of the Remi.

5.3.5Sed posteāquam nōnnūllī prīncipēs ex eā cīvitāte et familiāritāte Cingetorīgis adductī et adventū nostrī exercitūs perterritī ad Caesarem vēnērunt et dē suīs prīvātim rēbus ab eō petere coepērunt, quoniam cīvitātī cōnsulere nōn possent, veritus nē ab omnibus dēsererētur Indutiomārus lēgātōs ad Caesarem mittit: sēsē idcircō ab suīs discēdere atque ad eum venīre nōluisse, quō facilius cīvitātem in officiō continēret, nē omnis nōbilitātis discessū plēbs propter imprūdentiam lāberētur: itaque esse cīvitātem in suā potestāte, sēsēque, sī Caesar permitteret, ad eum in castra ventūrum, suās cīvitātisque fortūnās eius fideī permissūrum.

But after some leading men of that state, drawn by their friendship with Cingetorix and terrified by the arrival of our army, had come to Caesar and begun to ask him for help in their private affairs, since they could not look after the state, Indutiomarus, fearing that he would be deserted by everyone, sent envoys to Caesar: he had been unwilling to leave his people and come to him for this reason, so that he might more easily keep the state loyal, lest, if all the nobles left, the common people should go astray through ignorance; so the state was in his power, and, if Caesar allowed it, he would come to him in his camp and entrust his own fortunes and those of the state to his good faith.

Note. From sēsē idcircō the sentence becomes indirect speech reporting Indutiomarus' message; quō facilius … continēret is a purpose clause with quō because it contains a comparative.