De Bello Gallico 7.75

7.75.1Dum haec apud Alesiam geruntur, Gallī conciliō prīncipum indictō nōn omnēs eōs quī arma ferre possent, ut cēnsuit Vercingetorīx, convocandōs statuunt, sed certum numerum cuique ex cīvitāte imperandum, nē tantā multitūdine cōnfūsā nec moderārī nec discernere suōs nec frūmentandī ratiōnem habēre possent.

While these things are going on at Alesia, the Gauls, having called a council of the leading men, decide not to call up all who could bear arms, as Vercingetorix had proposed, but to require a fixed number from each state, so that they would not be unable, with so great a multitude mixed together, to control or tell apart their own men or to keep a supply of grain.

Note. nōn omnēs … convocandōs, sed certum numerum … imperandum: two gerundive phrases depending on statuunt, 'that not all should be called up, but a fixed number required'. nē … possent: the reason for their choice.

7.75.2Imperant Aeduīs atque eōrum clientibus, Segusiāvīs, Ambivaretīs, Aulercīs Brannovīcibus, Blannoviīs, mīlia XXXV;

They require from the Aedui and their dependents, the Segusiavi, Ambivareti, Aulerci Brannovices and Blannovii, thirty-five thousand;

Note. The list that follows is in the dative after imperant, 'they require from …'; mīlia XXXV is the object. Most of the following lines leave the verb understood.

7.75.2parem numerum Arvernīs adiūnctīs Eleutetīs, Cadurcīs, Gabalīs, Vellaviīs, quī sub imperiō Arvernōrum esse cōnsuērunt;

an equal number from the Arverni, together with the Eleuteti, Cadurci, Gabali and Vellavii, who have been accustomed to be under the rule of the Arverni;

7.75.2Sēquanīs, Senonibus, Biturīgibus, Santonīs, Rutēnīs, Carnutibus duodēna mīlia;

from the Sequani, Senones, Bituriges, Santoni, Ruteni and Carnutes twelve thousand each;

Note. duodēna mīlia: distributive numeral, 'twelve thousand each'. The same pattern returns with octōna, quīna, terna and bīna.

7.75.3Bellovacīs X;

from the Bellovaci ten thousand;

7.75.3totidem Lemovīcibus;

as many from the Lemovices;

7.75.3octōna Pictonibus et Turonīs et Parīsiīs et Helvētiīs;

eight thousand each from the Pictones, the Turoni, the Parisii and the Helvetii;

7.75.3Suessiōnibus, Ambiānīs, Mediomatricīs, Petrocoriīs, Nerviīs, Morinīs, Nitiobrigibus quīna mīlia;

from the Suessiones, Ambiani, Mediomatrici, Petrocorii, Nervii, Morini and Nitiobriges five thousand each;

7.75.3Aulercīs Cenomanīs totidem;

as many from the Aulerci Cenomani;

7.75.3Atrebatibus IIII mīlibus;

from the Atrebates four thousand;

7.75.3Veliocassīs, Lexoviīs et Aulercīs Eburovīcibus terna;

from the Veliocasses, the Lexovii and the Aulerci Eburovices three thousand each;

7.75.3Rauracīs et Boiīs bīna;

from the Rauraci and the Boii two thousand each;

7.75.4XXX mīlia ūniversīs cīvitātibus, quae Ōceanum attingunt quaeque eōrum cōnsuētūdine Armoricae appellantur, quō sunt in numerō Curiosolitēs, Redonēs, Ambibariī, Caletēs, Osismī, Venetī, Lemovīcēs, Venellī.

thirty thousand from all the states that border the Ocean and are called Armorican in their usage, among which are the Coriosolites, Redones, Ambibarii, Caletes, Osismi, Veneti, Lemovices and Venelli.

Note. quae Ōceanum attingunt: the states of Armorica (Brittany and Normandy). Aremoricae is a Gallic word meaning 'by the sea'.

7.75.5Ex hīs Bellovacī suum numerum nōn complēvērunt, quod sē suō nōmine atque arbitriō cum Rōmānīs bellum gestūrōs dīcēbant neque cuiusquam imperiō obtemperātūrōs;

Of these the Bellovaci did not supply their full number, because they said they would wage war with the Romans in their own name and at their own discretion and would obey no one's command;

Note. sē … gestūrōs … neque … obtemperātūrōs: indirect statement depending on dīcēbant, with esse left out of the future infinitives.

7.75.5rogātī tamen ab Commiō prō eius hospitiō duo mīlia ūnā mīsērunt.

but when asked by Commius, because of their ties of hospitality with him, they sent two thousand along with the others.