ergo imperiosissimi duodecim fasces, penes quos senatus et equestris ordinis et universae plebis summum decus erat, quorumque nutu Latium ac totius Italiae vires regebantur, contusi atque fracti dictatoriae se animadversioni substraverunt: ac, ne inulta foret laesa gloria militaris, consul delicti omnis vindex punitus est.
So the lordly twelve fasces, in whom resided the highest glory of the senate and the order of knights and the entire people and by whose nod Latium and the powers of all Italy were governed, bruised and broken abased themselves before dictatorial correction. And lest harm done to military glory go unpunished, a Consul, chastiser of every offence, was punished.
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