an abigi debet Titius ab horum exemplorum contextu? qui pro Caesaris partibus excubans Scipionis praesidio interceptus, cum uno modo salus ab eo daretur, si se futurum Cn. Pompeii generi ipsius militem adfirmasset, ita respondere non dubitavit: tibi quidem, Scipio, gratias ago, sed mihi uti ista condicione vitae non est opus.
Or should Titius be driven out of the context of these examples? As he kept watch for the Caesarians, he was taken prisoner by a detachment of Scipios. His life was offered him by Scipio if and only if he promised to serve under Cn. Pompeius, his own son-in-law. He did not hesitate to reply: I thank you, Scipio; but I have no need of life on those terms.
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