At quo, di boni, temperamento potestatem tuam fortunamque moderatus es! Imperator tu titulis et imaginibus et signis, ceterum modestia labore vigilantia dux et legatus et miles, cum iam tua vexilla tuas aquilas magno gradu anteires, neque aliud tibi ex illa adoptione quam filii pietatem filii obsequium adsereres, longamque huic nomini aetatem, longam gloriam precarere.
Inscriptions, portraits and the armys standards proclaimed you Imperator, but in your self-effacement, activity and vigilance you were soldier, officer and commander in the field; striding ahead of the standards and eagles which were now your own you claimed no benefit from your adoption but the right to show the obedience and devotion of a son, and sought long life and lasting glory only for the name you now bore.
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