| A | B |
| Caesarī | to Caesar |
| cum | when |
| id | this |
| nūntiātum esset eōs cōnārī | had been announced/reported that they (dōs = acc. in indirect statement) were trying |
| facere iter | to make a journey |
| per prōvinciam nostram | through our province |
| māturat | he hastens |
| proficīscī | to set out |
| ab urbe | from the city |
| quam māximīs potest itineribus | by as great marches as he can |
| pervenit | he arrives |
| in Galliam ūlteriōrem | into further Gaul |
| ad Genāvam | at Geneva |
| Prōvinciae tōtī imperat | he orders the whole province |
| quam māximum potest mīlitum numerum | (to furnish)as great a number of soldiers as possible |
| erat | there was |
| omnīnō | in all/entirely |
| in Galliā | in Gaul |
| ūna legiō | one legion |
| iubet | he orders |
| pontem | the bridge (acc.s.) |
| rescindī | to be broken down |
| Ubi | When |
| dē ēius adventū | of his approach |
| Helvētiī certiōrēs factī sunt | the Helvetii were made more certain |
| lēgātōs ad eum mittunt | they send legates to him |
| nōbilissimōs cīvitātis | the noblest (acc.) of the state |
| cūius lēgātiōnibus | of which legation |
| Nammēius et Verudoctius | Numeius and Verudoctius |
| obtinēbant | held (imp.) |
| prīncipem locum | the chief place |
| quī dīcerent sibi esse in animō | to say that it was their intention |
| iter facere | to make the journey |
| sine ūllō maleficiō | without any harm |
| per provinciam | through the province |
| propterea quod | because of the fact that |
| haberent | they had |
| aliud iter nullum | no other route |
| rogāre | to ask (ind, statement) |
| ut | that |
| ēius voluntāte | with his consent |
| liceat | it may be permitted |
| sibi | for them |
| id facere | to do it |
| quod memoriā tenēbat | because he remembered (imp.) |
| L. Casium cōnsulem | Lucius Casius the consul (acc. in indirect statement) |
| occīsum (esse) | had been killed |
| exercitum ēius | his army |
| pulsum (esse) | had been routed |
| ab Helvētiīs | by the Helvetii |
| nōn putābat | was not thinking, did not think (imp.) |
| mīssum (esse) | had been sent |
| sub iugum | under a yoke (two spears in ground and one across to humiliate the losers) |
| concēndum | to be conceded/to be granted |
| neque | nor |
| per prōvinciam | through the province |
| neque exīstimābat | nor was he of the opinion that, nor was he thinking that |
| hominēs | men |
| inimīcō animō | with a hostile mind |
| datā facultāte itineris faciundī | with permission given for(of) making a journey |
| temperātūrōs (esse) | would refrain |
| ab inūriā et maleficiō | from wrongdoing and outrage |
| Tamen | Yet, however |
| ut spatium intercēdere posset | in order that a space of time might be able to intervene |
| dum | until |
| mīlitēs | soldiers |
| quōs | whom |
| imperāverat | he had ordered |
| convenīrent | might come together |
| respondit | he replied |
| lēgātīs | to the legates |
| diem | day (acc. s.) |
| sē | he (acc. s.) indirect statement |
| sumpturum (esse) | should take up |
| ad dēlīberandum | for deliberating |
| si quid (si aliquid) | if anything (acc.s) object of vellent |
| vellent | they should wish/want |
| reverterentur | they might return |
| ad Id. April | on April 12th |