occidis et tristi, pugnax Lepontice, fato; nam dum frena ferox obiecto corpore prensat atque aequat celsus residentis consulis ora ipse pedes, frontem in mediam gravis incidit ensis, et divisum humeris iacuit caput.
Cruel too was the doom by which brave Leponticus fell. For when he boldly threw himself in the consuls way, catching hold of the reins, and, though on foot, reaching up to the level of the riders face, down came the heavy sword on the centre of his forehead, and the head, split in two, fell upon the shoulders.
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