Qui tametsi contumeliosa dicta rettulerant, prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere, quia temptatum antea secus cesserat.
and although they brought back an insulting answer, he resolved to endure everything sooner than resort to war because when he had tried it on the former occasion, it turned out contrary to his expectations.
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