is bello civili, quo se Cn. Pompeius a Caesaris concordia pestifero sibi nec rei publicae utili consilio abruperat, eventum gravissimi motus explorare cupiens, viribus imperii'namque Achaiae praeerat'antistitem Delphicae cortinae in intimam sacri specus partem descendere coegit, unde ut certae consulentibus sortes petuntur, ita nimius divini spiritus haustus reddentibus pestifer exsistit.
In the civil war whereby Cn. Pompeius had torn himself from amity with Caesar in a policy disastrous to him and not advantageous to the commonwealth Appius wished to explore the outcome of the mighty upheaval and by dint of his authority (he was governor of Achaea) compelled the priestess of the Delphic cauldron to descend into the innermost recess of the sacred cavern, from which sure predictions are sought for those who ask but at the same time too strong an intake of the divine breath is fatal to the mediums.
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