Language focus: passive
Anteā exercitus
Rōmānus ab Helvētiīs erat superātus atque propter hanc causam Rōmānī ab
Helvētiīs nōn timēbantur. Apud Helvētiōs longē nōbilissimus erat
Orgetorīx. Is rēgnī studiō adductus est atque coniūrātiōnem fēcit.
Orgetorīx Helvētiōs cum omnibus cōpiīs dē fīnibus suīs in Galliam dūcere
cupiēbat atque omnēs gentēs superāre. Suīs facile persuāsit, quod Helvētiī
nātūrā locī undique continentur.
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Previously the Roman army had been defeated by the Helvetii, and for this reason the Romans were not feared by the Helvetii. Among the Helvetii, Orgetorix was by far the noblest. He, having been driven on by desire for kingship, formed a conspiracy. Orgetorix wished to lead the Helvetii with all their forces out of their own territory into Gaul and to overpower all the tribes. He easily persuaded his people that the Helvetii are hemmed in on all sides by the nature of their location.
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