Namque in pace victus eius mensarumque tenuitas erat recte noscentibus admiranda, velut ad pallium mox reversuri, per varios autem procinctus, stans interdum more militiae, cibum brevem vilemque sumere visebatur.
For in time of peace the frugality of his living and his table excited the wonder of those who could judge aright, as if he intended soon to resume the philosophers cloak. And on his various campaigns, he was often seen partaking of common and scanty food, sometimes standing up like a common soldier.
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