Finita oratione, quam auctoritas erexerat inopina, flexit imperator in suam sententiam universos, consiliique eius viam secuti, qui paulo ante flagrantissimis vocibus aliud postulabant, circumsaeptum aquilis et vexillis, agminibusque diversorum ordinum ambitiose stipatum, iamque terribilem, duxerunt in regiam.
Having finished his address, to which his unexpected assumption of authority had given greater weight, the emperor gained the favour of the whole assembly; and even those who shortly before were with excited cries making another demand followed his advice and escorted him to the imperial quarters, surrounded by eagles and standards, with a splendid retinue of various ranks, and already an object of fear.
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