Germania 1

Germ. 1.1Germānia omnis ā Gallīs Raetīsque et Pannoniīs Rhēnō et Dānubiō flūminibus, ā Sarmatīs Dācīsque mūtuō metū aut montibus sēparātur: cētera Oceanus ambit, lātōs sinūs et īnsulārum immēnsa spatia complectēns, nūper cognitīs quibusdam gentibus ac rēgibus, quōs bellum aperuit.Germany as a whole is separated from the Gauls, the Raetians and the Pannonians by the rivers Rhine and Danube, and from the Sarmatians and Dacians by mutual fear or by mountains: the rest the Ocean surrounds, embracing broad bays and islands of vast extent, where certain peoples and kings have lately become known, whom war has opened up. Germ. 1.2Rhēnus, Raeticārum Alpium inaccessō ac praecipitī vertice ortus, modicō flexū in occidentem versus septentriōnālī Oceanō miscētur.The Rhine, rising from an inaccessible and sheer summit of the Raetian Alps, turns west in a moderate bend and mingles with the northern Ocean. Germ. 1.3Dānubius mollī et clēmenter ēditō montis Abnobae iugō effūsus plūrēs populōs adit, dōnec in Ponticum mare sex meātibus ērumpat;The Danube, pouring out from the gently and gradually rising ridge of Mount Abnoba, visits several peoples, until it bursts out into the Pontic Sea by six channels; Germ. 1.3septimum ōs palūdibus haurītur.a seventh mouth is swallowed up in marshes.