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49.6.

has esse causas, that the reasons were as follows: the report of Labienus continued, indir. disc. — quod vererentur, sollicitarentur: subjv. because subord. clauses in indir. disc. (§ 580 (336. 2); B. 314. 1; G. 541; H. 643 (524); H-B. 535. 2). The two clauses introduced by primum and deinde contain the two reasons for the conspiracy, and so the gist of the sentence. The rest, which makes the whole seem complicated, defines the classes of disaffected Gauls who, though conquered, hoped still to recover their liberty by means of their more warlike neighbors. These classes are two (partimpartim), but to these are added in Caesar's words, but in a different construction (ab non nullis), some who had personal reasons for wishing to expel the Romans. — neadduceretur: subst. clause, object of vererentur§ 563 (331. f); B. 296. 2; G. 550; H. 498. iii; H-B. 502. 4). — omni pacata Gallia: translate the abl. abs. freely, often by an active construction, having subdued, etc., or by a temporal, conditional, or such other clause as will best bring out the thought.


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