cui ius dicenti cum in capite picus consedisset, haruspicesque adfirmassent conservato eo fore ipsius domus statum felicissimum, rei publicae miserrimum, occiso in contrarium utrumque cessurum, e vestigio picum <m>orsu suo in conspectu senatus necavit.
As he was sitting in judgment, a woodpecker settled on his head. The soothsayers affirmed that if the bird was allowed to live, the fate of his own house would be very happy but that of the commonwealth very miserable; if it was killed, both predictions would be reversed. Aelius immediately killed the woodpecker with a bite before the senates eyes.
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