quo augurio perfectissima virtus maximam orientem virtutem videritne certius an efficacius accenderit perpendi vix potest: illa nimirum cena militaris speciosissimas tota in urbe Mario futuras cenas ominata est: postquam enim Cimbros ab eo deletos initio noctis nuntius pervenit, nemo fuit qui non illi tamquam dis immortalibus apud sacra mensae suae libaverit.
Whether in that augury consummate excellence more surely perceived excellence of the highest order in the making or more effectively ignited it can hardly be assessed. But surely that military dinner was an omen for future dinners most glorious to Marius throughout Rome. For after news came at nightfall of his destruction of the Cimbri, nobody but in the ritual of the table poured a libation to him as to the immortal gods.
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