Nec minus efficax ultor contemptae religionis filius quoque eius Aesculapius, qui consecratum templo suo lucum a Turullio praefecto Antonii ad naves ei faciendas magna ex parte succisum <indignatus>, inter ipsum nefarium ministerium devictis partibus Antonii, imperio Caesaris morti destinatum Turullium manifestis numinis sui viribus in eum locum quem violaverat traxit, effecitque ut ibi potissimum a militibus Caesarianis occisus eodem exitio et eversis iam arboribus poenas lueret et adhuc superantibus immunitatem consimilis iniuriae pareret, suamque venerationem, quam apud colentes maximam semper habuerat, bis multiplicavit.
Neither was his son Aesculapius a less effective avenger of religion flouted, indignant that a grove consecrated to his temple had been in large part cut down by Antonys Prefect Turullius to make ships for his commander. But Antonys forces had been defeated even as the wicked work was in progress and the angry god by the manifest power of his deity drew Turullius (now condemned to death by Caesars order) into the grove that he had violated and thus brought to pass his execution by Caesarian soldiers in that very spot. So destroyed, Turullius paid penalty to the trees already cut down and gave immunity from similar outrage to the survivors. And so the god multiplied twofold the devout reverence he had always enjoyed among his worshippers.
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