C. etiam Marius, in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abiectus, ex ipso vitae discrimine beneficio maiestatis emersit: missus enim ad eum occidendum in privata domo Minturnis clausum servus publicus, natione Cimber, et senem et inermem et squalore obsitum, strictum gladium tenens, adgredi non sustinuit, et claritate viri occaecatus, abiecto ferro, attonitus inde ac tremens fugit.
C. Marius too, cast down into the depths of uttermost misery, owed it to his majesty that he came out of immediate danger to his life. He was imprisoned in a private house in Minturnae, where a public slave, a Cimbrian by nationality, was sent to kill him. Sword in hand, the fellow dared not attack the unarmed, unkempt old man. Dazzled by his renown, he flung away the weapon and fled the spot in amazement and trembling.
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