Victa est igitur propter verbi asperitatem te auctore nostra sententia: vicit L. Caesaris, amplissimi viri, qui verbi atrocitate dempta oratione fuit quam sententia lenior.
So because of the harshness of the word, my proposal was defeated at your instance, and that of Lucius Caesar, a very distinguished gentleman, won the day; in withdrawing the frightful word, he was milder in the language than in the actual proposal.
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