Quodsiantiquissimumquodquetempusspectarioporteret,populiRomaniiustissimumesseinGalliaimperium;siiudiciumsenatusobservarioporteret,liberamdebereesseGalliam,quambellovictamsuislegibusutivoluisset.
And if the most ancient period was to be regarded-then was the sovereignty of the Roman people in Gaul most just: if the decree of the Senate was to be observed, then ought Gaul to be free, which they [the Romans] had conquered in war, and had permitted to enjoy its own laws.
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