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I. II.
 * 1) Mīlitēs fossam decem pedum per eōrum fīnīs perdūxērunt.
 * 2) Prīnceps Helvētiōrum, vir summae audāciae, prīncipibus gentium fīnitimārum sorōrēs in mātrimōnium dedit.
 * 3) Eōrum amīcitiam cōnfīrmāre voluit quō facilius Rōmānīs bellum īnferret.
 * 4) Germanī et Gallī nōn erant eiusdem gentis.
 * 5) Omnēs ferē Germānī erant magnīs corporum vīribus.
 * 6) Gallī qui oppidum fortiter dēfendēbant saxa ingentis magnitūdinis dē mūrō iaciēbant.
 * 7) Cum Caesar ab explōrātōribus quaereret quī illud oppidum incolerent, explōrātōrēs respondērunt eōs esse homines summā virtūte et magnō cōnsiliō.
 * 8) Moenia vīgintī pedum ā sinistrā parte, et ā dextrā parte flūmen magnae altitūdinis oppidum dēfendēbant.
 * 9) Cum Caesar in Galliam pervēnisset, erat rūmor Helvētiīs in animō esse iter per prōvinciam Rōmānam facere.
 * 10) Caesar, ut eōs ab fīnibus Rōmānis prohibēret, mūnītiōnem multa mīlia passuum longam fēcit.
 * 1) Cæsar was a general of much wisdom and great boldness, and very skillful in the art of war.
 * 2) The Germans were of great size, and thought that the Romans had no power.
 * 3) Men of the highest courage were left in the camp as (for) a guard to the baggage.
 * 4) The king’s daughter, who was given in marriage to the chief of a neighboring state, was a woman of very beautiful appearance.
 * 5) The soldiers will construct a ditch of nine feet around the camp.
 * 6) A river of great width was between us and the enemy.