Qui cum suscepisset Caesaris litteras, monentis petentisque ut venire acceleraret, rem publicam consiliis iuvaturus, obstinatissime detrectabat, hac ratione pavore mente confusa, quod aperte scripta significabant, ab imperatore nusquam diiungi debere praefectum, in ardore terribilium rerum.
So when he received Julians letter, urging and begging him to hasten to come and aid his country by his counsels, he most emphatically refused; for his mind was disturbed with fear for the reason that Julians letter plainly indicated that the prefect ought never to be separated from his commander in the stress of dangerous times.
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