Turpis etiam metus censores summa cum severitate poenam exegerunt: M. enim Atilius Regulus et L. Furius Philus M. Metellum quaestorem compluresque equites Romanos, qui post infeliciter commissam Cannensem pugnam cum eo abituros se Italia iuraverant, dereptis equis publicis inter aerarios referendos curaverunt.
Censors also imposed punishment for cowardice with the utmost severity. M. Atilius Regulus and L. Furius Philus took away the public horses of Quaestor M. Metellus and a number of Roman knights and had them relegated to the lowest category, who after the unfortunate battle of Cannae had sworn to leave Italy along with him.
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