in quo oppido cum Fulvius Flaccus Campanam perfidiam principes civitatis ante tribunal suum capitali supplicio adficiendo vindicaret, litterisque a senatu acceptis finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur, ultro se ei C. Vibellius Taurea Campanus obtulit, et quam potuit clara voce quoniam inquit, Fulvi, tanta cupiditate hauriendi sanguinis nostri teneris, quid cessas in me cruentam securem destringere, ut gloriari possis fortiorem aliquanto virum quam ipse es tuo iussu esse interemptum? eo deinde libenter id se fuisse facturum, nisi senatus voluntate impediretur, adfirmante, at me inquit, cui nihil patres conscripti praeceperunt, aspice, oculis quidem tuis gratum, animo vero tuo maius opus edentem,
In that town Fulvius Flaccus took vengeance for Campanian perfidy by inflicting capital punishment on the leaders of that community before his tribunal, but was obliged by a letter received from the senate to set an end to their suffering. To that suffering T. Vibellius Taurea the Campanian voluntarily offered himself, crying out as loudly as he could: Fulvius, since you are seized with so strong a desire to drain our blood, why are you so slow to draw your gory axe against me, so that you can boast that a rather braver man than yourself has been killed by your orders? Fulvius then averred that he would have done that with pleasure, if he were not prevented by the will of the senate. But I have had no instructions from the Conscript Fathers, said Vibellius. Look at me as I show you action welcome to your eyes but greater than your spirit.
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