non legatum locutum, sed ipsam curiam ante oculos positam crederes: continuo enim rex adfirmavit fore ne amplius de se Ptolomaeus quereretur, ac tum demum Popillius manum eius tamquam socii apprehendit.
One might have thought that it was not an envoy speaking but the senate house itself set before ones eyes. The king at once gave an assurance that Ptolemy would make no further complaint of him. Then and only then did Popillius clasp his hand as an allys.
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