Hunc apparatum carnifex sequebatur: quippe satrapes Astaspes, de quo ante  dictum est, interfici iussus est; adeo nec luxuriae quicquam crudelitas nec crudelitati luxuria obstat.
This splendid exhibition was followed by the executioner; for it was ordered that the satrap Astaspes, of whom mention was made before, should  be put to death; so true is it that cruelty is no obstacle whatever to luxury, nor luxury to cruelty.
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