Ut imperatorem decet, ego solus confecto tantorum munerum cursu, moriar stando, contempturus animam quam mihi febricula eripiet una, aut certe discedam; nec enim ita vixi, ut non possim aliquando esse privatus.
I alone, as becomes a commander, having reached the end of a career of great deeds, will die standing on my feet, indifferent to a life which one little fever may take from me; or at any rate I will abdicate, since I have not lived such a life that I cannot some time be a private citizen.
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