idem, ut turbarum sator atque accendere sollers invidiam pravusque togae, sic debilis arte belligera Martemque rudis versare nec ullo spectatus ferro, lingua sperabat adire ad dextrae decus atque e rostris bella ciebat.
Also, though a bad citizen, skilful to stir up trouble and kindle hatred, he was helpless in the field, unpractised in the conduct of war, and not approved by any deed of valour; but he hoped to gain martial glory by his tongue and sounded the war-cry from the Rostrum.
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