sine ullis imaginibus nobilem animum! Idem constantiae propositum secutus Me<v>ius, centurio divi Augusti, cum Antoniano bello saepenumero excellentes pugnas edidisset, improvisis hostium insidiis circumventus et ad Antonium Alexandriam perductus, interrogatusque quidnam de eo statui deberet, iugulari me inquit iube, quia non salutis beneficio neque mortis supplicio adduci possum ut aut Caesaris miles desinam aut tuus esse incipiam.
A noble spirit, with no masks! Mevius (?), a Centurion of the divine Augustus, followed the same pattern of resolution. He had often fought with distinction in the Antonian War, but was surprised and surrounded by an enemy ambush and taken to Antony in Alexandria. Asked what should be done with him, Have me killed, he said, for neither benefit of life nor infliction of death can make me cease to be Caesars soldier or begin to be yours.
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