quas rex Cottius perdomitis Galliis, solus in angustiis latens, inviaque locorum asperitate confisus, lenito tandem tumore, in amicitiam principis Octaviani receptus molibus magnis exstruxit, ad vicem memorabilis muneris, compendiarias et viantibus opportunas, medias inter alias Alpes vetustas, super quibus comperta paulo postea referemus.
There King Cottius, after the subjugation of Gaul, lay hidden alone in their defiles, trusting to the pathless ruggedness of the region; finally, when his disaffection was allayed, and he was admitted to the emperor Octavians friendship, in lieu of a remarkable gift he built with great labour short cuts convenient to travellers, since they were midway between other ancient Alpine passes, about which I shall later tell what I have learned.
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