quantam in eo pectore pietatem fraternae caritatis habitasse existimemus, propter quam tantus amplissimi honoris fulgor exstingui potuit? Hoc exemplo vetustas, illo saeculum nostrum ornatum est, cui contigit fraternum iugum, Claudiae prius, nunc etiam Iuliae gentis intueri decus: tantum enim amorem princeps parensque noster insitum animo fratris Drusi habuit ut cum Ticini, quo victor hostium ad complectendos parentes venerat, gravi illum et periculosa valitudine in Germania fluctuare cognosset, protinus inde metu attonitus erumperet.
What piety of fraternal affection must we think dwelt in his breast that on account of it such lustre of the highest of honours could be extinguished? Antiquity is adorned with that example and our epoch with this following. It has been our fortune to behold a pair of brothers once the glory of the Claudian clan, now also of the Julian. Our leader and parent had so great a love implanted in his heart for his brother Drusus that when at Ticinus, where he had come as victor over enemies to embrace his parents, he learned that in Germany Drusus life hung in the balance from a grievous and dangerous sickness, he at once dashed off in a panic.
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