Manlius Torquatus adeo hebetis atque obtusi cordis inter initia iuventae existimatus ut a patre L. Manlio, amplissimo viro, quia et domesticis et rei publicae usibus inutilis videbatur, rus relegatus agresti opere fatigaretur, postmodum patrem reum iudiciali periculo liberavit, filium victorem, quod adversus imperium suum cum hoste manum conseruerat, securi percussit, patriam Latino tumultu fessam speciosissimo triumpho recreavit, in hoc, credo, <malig>nae Fortunae nubilo adulescentiae contemptu perfusus, quo senectutis eius decus lucidius enitesceret.
Manlius Torquatus in the early stages of his adult life was supposed to be of so blunt and dull an intellect that his father L. Manlius, a man of the highest consequence, banished him to the country and wore him out with farm labour, because he appeared to be useless for both domestic and public employments. Later on he released his father, who was under prosecution, from the danger of a trial, he beheaded his victorious son for having fought with an enemy against his orders, and by a splendid triumph revived his country wearied with a Latin turmoil. Malignant Fortunes cloudy face, I suppose, doused him with contempt of his youth in order that the glory of his old age might shine the brighter.
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