De Bello Gallico 5.6

5.6.1Erat ūnā cum cēterīs Dumnorīx Aeduus, dē quō ante ab nōbīs dictum est.

Among the rest was Dumnorix the Aeduan, of whom we have spoken before.

5.6.1Hunc sēcum habēre in prīmīs cōnstituerat, quod eum cupidum rērum novārum, cupidum imperī, magnī animī, magnae inter Gallōs auctōritātis cognōverat.

Him above all he had decided to keep with him, because he knew him to be eager for revolution, eager for power, of great spirit, and of great influence among the Gauls.

Note. cupidum rērum novārum: rēs novae is the usual phrase for revolution. magnī animī, magnae … auctōritātis: genitives of description.

5.6.2Accēdēbat hūc quod in conciliō Aeduōrum Dumnorīx dīxerat sibi ā Caesare regnum cīvitātis dēferrī;

In addition, Dumnorix had said in the council of the Aedui that the kingship of the state was being offered to him by Caesar;

Note. Accēdēbat hūc quod: 'there was the further point that'.

5.6.2quod dictum Aeduī graviter ferēbant, neque recūsandī aut dēprecandī causā lēgātōs ad Caesarem mittere audēbant.

the Aedui took this statement badly, but did not dare to send envoys to Caesar to reject or protest against it.

5.6.3Id factum ex suīs hospitibus Caesar cognōverat.

Caesar had learned of this from his hosts.

5.6.3Ille omnibus prīmō precibus petere contendit ut in Galliā relinquerētur, partim quod īnsuētus nāvigandī mare timēret, partim quod religiōnibus impedīrī sēsē dīceret.

Dumnorix at first begged with every kind of plea to be left in Gaul, partly because, being unused to sailing, he feared the sea, partly because he said that he was prevented by religious duties.

Note. partim quod … timēret, partim quod … dīceret: subjunctive in quod clauses giving the reasons as Dumnorix presented them.

5.6.4Posteāquam id obstinātē sibi negārī vīdit, omnī spē impetrandī adēmpta prīncipēs Galliae sollicitāre, sēvocāre singulōs hortārīque coepit utī in continentī remanērent;

After he saw that this was stubbornly refused him, all hope of getting it being taken away, he began to stir up the leading men of Gaul, to call them aside one by one and urge them to remain on the continent;

5.6.5metū territāre: nōn sine causā fierī, ut Gallia omnī nōbilitāte spoliārētur;

to frighten them: it was not without reason that Gaul was being stripped of all its nobility;

Note. Sentences 38–40 report Dumnorix's words in indirect speech; metū territāre still depends on coepit in the previous sentence: he 'began to frighten them with fear'.

5.6.5id esse cōnsilium Caesaris, ut quōs in cōnspectū Galliae interficere verērētur, hōs omnēs in Britanniam trāductōs necāret;

it was Caesar's plan to take across to Britain and kill all those whom he was afraid to put to death in the sight of Gaul;

5.6.6fidem reliquīs interpōnere, iūsiūrandum poscere, ut quod esse ex ūsū Galliae intellēxissent commūnī cōnsiliō administrārent.

he gave his word to the others and asked for an oath that they would carry out by common decision whatever they understood to be in the interest of Gaul.

Note. fidem … interpōnere, iūsiūrandum poscere: still dependent on coepit; he pledged his own word and demanded an oath from the others.

5.6.6Haec ā complūribus ad Caesarem dēferēbantur.

These things were reported to Caesar by several people.