Nec defensioni locus, quamquam supplicis manus tendered humi plerumque stratus, lacera veste, pectus atque ora singultu quatiens.
Flavianus had no opportunity to defend himself, although he raised his hands in supplication, grovelled repeatedly on the ground, tore his garments, while the tears ran down his face and his breast was convulsed with sobs.
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