Agr. 32.1"An eandem Rōmānīs in bellō virtūtem quam in pāce lascīviam adesse crēditis?Or do you believe that the Romans have the same courage in war as they have wantonness in peace? Agr. 32.1Nostrīs illī dissēnsiōnibus ac discordiīs clārī vitia hostium in glōriam exercitūs suī vertunt;Made famous by our dissensions and quarrels, they turn the vices of their enemies to the glory of their own army; Agr. 32.1quem contrāctum ex dīversissimīs gentibus ut secundae rēs tenent, ita adversae dissolvent: nisi sī Gallōs et Germānōs et (pudet dictū) Britannōrum plērōsque, licet dominātiōnī aliēnae sanguinem commodent, diūtius tamen hostīs quam servōs, fidē et adfectū tenērī putātis.and that army, gathered from the most diverse peoples, just as success holds it together, so will disaster break it apart: unless you think that Gauls and Germans and (shameful to say) many of the Britons, though they lend their blood to a foreign tyranny, having yet been its enemies longer than its slaves, are held to it by loyalty and affection. Agr. 32.1" "metus ac terror sunt īnfirma vincla cāritātis;Fear and terror are weak bonds of affection; Agr. 32.2quae ubi remōveris, quī timēre dēsierint, ōdisse incipient.once you remove them, those who have ceased to fear will begin to hate.
Agr. 32.2Omnia victōriae incitāmenta prō nōbīs sunt: nūllae Rōmānōs coniugēs accendunt, nūllī parentēs fugam exprobrātūrī sunt;All the incentives to victory are on our side: no wives fire the Romans, no parents are there to reproach them for flight; Agr. 32.2aut nūlla plērīsque patria aut alia est.most of them have either no homeland or another one. Agr. 32.2" "paucōs numerō, trepidōs ignōrantiā, caelum ipsum ac mare et silvās, ignōta omnia circumspectantīs, clausōs quōdam modō ac vinctōs dī nōbīs trādidērunt.Few in number, frightened by their ignorance, gazing round at the very sky and sea and forests, all of them unknown, the gods have handed them over to us, shut in, as it were, and bound. Agr. 32.3Nē terreat vānus aspectus et aurī fulgor atque argentī, quod neque tegit neque vulnerat.Do not let their empty show frighten you, nor the glitter of gold and silver, which neither protects nor wounds. Agr. 32.3" "in ipsā hostium aciē inveniēmus nostrās manūs: adgnōscent Britannī suam causam, recordābuntur Gallī priōrem lībertātem, dēserent illōs cēterī Germānī tam quam nūper Usipī relīquērunt.In the very battle line of the enemy we shall find forces of our own: the Britons will recognise their own cause, the Gauls will remember their former liberty, the other Germans will desert them just as the Usipi lately abandoned them.
Agr. 32.4Nec quicquam ultrā formīdinis: vacua castella, senum colōniae, inter male pārentīs et iniūstē imperantīs aegra mūnicipia et discordantia.And beyond that there is nothing to fear: empty forts, colonies of old men, towns sick and divided between subjects who obey unwillingly and rulers who govern unjustly. Agr. 32.4" "hīc dux, hīc exercitus: ibi tribūta et metalla et cēterae servientium poenae, quās in aeternum perferre aut statim ulcīscī in hōc campō est.Here is a general, here an army: there are tributes and mines and the other punishments of the enslaved, which it rests with this field either to endure for ever or to avenge at once. Agr. 32.5Proinde itūrī in aciem et maiōrēs vestrōs et posterōs cōgitāte."So, as you go into battle, think of your ancestors and of your descendants.'