Gestum consulatum mirer an non receptum?' gestum non in hoc urbis otio et intimo sinu pacis, sed iuxta barbaras gentes, ut illi solebant, quibus erat moris paludamento mutare praetextam ignotasque terras victoria sequi.
Which commands my admiration more'the consulship you refused or the one you held? and held not in the tranquil atmosphere of the city deep in the embrace of peace, but in the face of savage tribes, like those heroes of old who changed the toga of office for a soldiers cloak and carried victory to lands unknown.
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