Nam cum senatus ea virtus fuisset quae solet, et cum re viderent omnes esse bellum quidamque id verbum removendum arbitrarentur, tua voluntas in discessione fuit ad lenitatem propensior.
For when the senate showed its usual courage, and everyone saw that war existed in fact, while there were some who wanted the term war removed, your wishes inclined to mildness in taking the vote.
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