Neque enim licet aliter neque permissum est nobis ab hoc ordine, ut bellis confectis decem legatis permitti solet more maiorum, neque ulla omnino a senatu mandata accepimus.
That is the only permissible course; we have not received discretion from this body, such as is wont to be given by traditional custom to delegations of ten after the conclusion of a war; nor have we received any mandates whatsoever from the senate.
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