01.05.26: Level 3 (review); a Second Latin Reader (Vincent) [2]: Description of Gaul (ii)

Language focus: passive

Quā dē causā Helvētiī quoque sunt fortiōrēs reliquīs Gallīs, quod proeliīs cum Germānīs saepe contendunt; aut eōs suīs fīnibus prohibent aut ipsī in eōrum fīnibus bellum gerunt. Ūna pars, quae ā Gallīs tenētur, initium capit ā flūmine Rhodanō; continētur Garumnā flūmine, Ōceanō, fīnibus Belgārum. Inferior pars flūminis Rhēnī ā Belgīs incolitur. Aquītānia continētur Garumnā flūmine et Pyrēnaeīs montibus atque Ōceanō.

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For this reason the Helvetii also are braver than the rest of the Gauls, because they often fight in battles with the Germans; either they keep them out of their own territory or they themselves wage war in the Germans’ territory. One part, which is held by the Gauls, takes its beginning from the river Rhône; it is bounded by the river Garonne, the Ocean, and the territory of the Belgae. The lower part of the river Rhine is inhabited by the Belgae. Aquitania is bounded by the river Garonne and the Pyrenaean mountains and the Ocean.