sed hanc diutina usurpatione formatam consuetudinem C. Marius capite censum legendo militem abrupit, civis alioqui magnificus, sed novitatis suae conscientia vetustati non sane propitius, memorque si militaris elegantia humilitatem spernere perseveraret, se a maligno virtutum interprete velut capite censum imperatorem compellari posse.
But this custom, fortified though it was by long observance, was broken by C. Marius when he enlisted a capite census into the army. A fine citizen otherwise, he was not very friendly to antiquity from consciousness of his own newness, and he bore in mind that if military fastidiousness continued to scorn humble station he might be challenged as a capite census general by some evil-minded interpreter of virtues.
final_alignments\Valerius_Memorable_Book2.json