C. Cotta <consul> P. Aurelium Pecuniolam sanguine sibi iunctum, quem obsidioni Liparitanae ad auspicia repetenda Messanam transiturus praefecerat, virgis caesum militiae munere inter pedites fungi coegit, quod eius culpa.
Consul C. Cotta had left P. Aurelius Pecuniola, a blood relation, in charge of the siege of Lipara when crossing over to Messana to take new auspices, and through his fault the rampart was set on fire and the camp almost taken.
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