Ille animo feroci negat se totiens fusum Numidam pertimescere: virtuti suorum satis credere; etiam si certa pestis adesset, mansurum potius quam, proditis quos ducebat, turpi fuga incertae ac forsitan post paulo morbo interiturae vitae parceret.
But Sulla with a defiant attitude declared that he did not fear the Numidian who had been so often routed; that he had absolute trust in the valor of his men; that even if inevitable destruction was at hand, he would rather stand his ground than through the betrayal of the men under his command, and by cowardly flight, preserve a life that was not guaranteed and perhaps would end shortly from natural causes.
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