| A | B |
|---|
| Erant | There were |
| omnīnō | in all |
| itinera | routes |
| duo | two |
| quibus itineribus | by which routes |
| domō | from home |
| exīre possent | they could go out/go forth |
| ūnum per Sēqanōs | one through the Sequani |
| angustum | narrow |
| difficile | difficult |
| inter montem Iūram | between Mount Iura |
| flūmen Rhodanum | the Rhone river |
| vix | scarcely |
| quā | by which |
| sīngulī carrī dūcerentur | wagons could be let one by one |
| carrī | wagons |
| sīngulī | one by one |
| mōns altissimus | the highest mountain |
| autem | moreover |
| impendēbat | was overhangins |
| ut facile perpaucī prohibēre | so that easily very few were able to hold (the pass) |
| per prōvinciam nostram | through our province |
| multō facilius | much more easily (abl. of degree of difference with the comparative adverb) |
| atque | and |
| expedītīus | efficiently, expeditiously |
| propterea quod | because of the fact that |
| alterum | a second (way) |
| Rhodanus fluit | the Rhone river flows |
| inter fīnēs Helvētiōrum et Allobrogum | between the boundaries of the Helvetii and those of the Allobroges |
| nuper | recently |
| pācatī erant | (they) had been subdued |
| quī | who |
| Is | This |
| nōn nullīs locīs/ nōnnullīs locīs | in some places (in not none = some) |
| nōnnullus | some (not none) |
| vadō | by a ford |
| trānsitur | is crossed |
| Extrēmum oppidum | the most distant town |
| Allobrogum | of the Allobroges |
| est | is |
| proximum | nearest |
| proximum finibus Helvētiōrum | nearest to the boundaries of the Helvetii |
| Genāva | Geneva (nom. s.) |
| Ex eō oppidō | From this town |
| pōns | a bridge |
| pertinet | extends |
| ad Helvētiōs | to the Helvetii |
| exīstimābant sē | they thought (imp.)that they (indirect statement) |
| vel...vel | either...or |
| persuāsūrōs Allobrogibus | should persuade + dat. Allobroges |
| īre | to go |
| per suōs fīnēs | through their own territory |
| vel vī | or by force |
| coāctūrōs | should compel |
| vidērentur | they seemed |
| nōndum | as yet/not yet |
| bonō animō in populum Rōmānum | of a good mind to the Roman people |
| Omnibus rēbus comparātīs | After all things had been prepared |
| ad profectiōnem | for setting out |
| dīcunt diem | they name a day |
| quā diē | on which day |
| oomnēs conveniant | they all should assemble |
| ad rīpam Rhodanī | near the bank of the Rhone river |
| is diēs | this day |
| erat | was |
| a.d. V. K | ante diem V Kalends |
| a.d.V | ante diem V, five days before |
| a.d. V. K. Apr. | five days before the Kalends of April (March 28) |
| Kalends | 1st |
| L. Pisone A. Gainiō Consulibus | when Lucius Piso and Aulus Gabinius were consuls (58 B.C.) |
