Caesar de bello Gallico 1.1 Translation

all gaul is divided

Gallia est omnis dīvīsa

into three parts

in partēs trēs

one of which the Belgians inhabit

quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae,

another Aquitanian

aliam Aquītānī

the third those who are called the Celts

tertiam quī Celtae appellantur

in their own language

ipsōrum linguā

in ours Gauls

nostrā Gallī

these all differ

Hī omnēs differunt

among themselves

inter sē

in language, customs, and laws

linguā, īnstitūtīs, lēgibus

The Garonne river divides the Gauls

Gallōs Garumna flūmen dīvidit

The Marne river and the Seine river divides the Gauls from the Belgians

Gallōs Mātrona et Sēquana ā Belgīs dīvidit

The Belgians are the strongest

fortissimī sunt Belgae

of all of these

Hōrum omnium

because

proptereā quod

they are farthest away

longissimē absunt

from the culture and the civilization of the Province

ā cultū atque hūmānitāte prōvinciae

merchants come and go

mercātōrēs commeant

to them

ad eōs

least often

minimē saepe

they import those things

ea important

which pertain

quae pertinent

to weakening the minds

ad effēminandōs animōs

and they are closest to the Germans

proximīque sunt Germānīs

who inhabit across the Rhine

quī incolunt trāns Rhēnum

with whom they wage war

quibuscum bellum gerunt

continuously

continenter

For this reason

Quā dē causā

the Helvetians surpass

Helvētiī praecēdunt

the rest of the Gauls

reliquōs Gallōs

in courage

virtūte

also

quoque

they struggle with the Germans

cum Germānīs contendunt

in almost daily battles

ferē cotīdiānīs proeliīs

when either

cum aut

they are keeping them

eōs prohibent

from their boundaries

suīs fīnibus

or

aut

they themselves wage war

ipsī bellum gerunt

one part of them

Eōrum ūna par

which it has been said

quam dictum est

the Gauls obtain

Gallōs obtinēre

it starts

initium capit

by the Rhone river

ā flūmine Rhodanō

is contained

continētur

by the Garonne river, the ocean, and the borders of the Belgians

Garumnā flūmine, Ōceanō, fīnibus Belgārum

it also touches

attingit etiam

the river Rhine

flūmen Rhēnum

on the side of the Sequanians and Helvetians

ab Sēquanīs et Helvētiīs

it slopes to the north

vergit ad septentriōnēs

Belgians originate

Belgae oriuntur

from the farthest borders of Gaul

ab extrēmīs offīnibus

they extend

pertinent

to the lower part

ad īnferiōrem partem

of the Rhine river

flūminis Rhēnī

they look out into the north

spectant in septentriōnem

and the rising sun

et orientem sōlem

Aquitania extends

Aquītānia pertinet

from the Garonne river to the Pyrenees mountains

ā Garumnā flūmine ad Pyrēnaeōs mōntēs

and that part of the ocean

et eam partem Ōceanī

which is

quae est

towards Spain

ad Hispāniam

it looks out

spectat

between the setting of the sun and the north

inter occāsum sōlis et septentriōnēs