Quem intuens Alexander: Ecquid intellegis, miles, inquit, quanto meliore sorte quam Persae sub rege vivatis? Illis enim in sella regis consedisse capital foret, tibi saluti fuit.
Alexander, looking kindly at him, said: Do you understand, soldier, how much better a life you all have under a king than the Persians have? For with the Persians, to have sat in the kings seat would have been a capital crime, with you it has saved your life.
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