Alii suppliciter interrogasse quid mali meruisset, paucos dies exsolvendo donativo deprecatum: plures obtulisse ultro percussoribus iugulum: agerent ac ferirent, si ita e re publica videretur.
some say that he asked in an appealing tone what harm he had done and begged for a few days to pay the donative; many report that he voluntarily offered his throat to his assassins, telling them to strike quickly, if such actions were for the states interest.
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