Nam Octavius consul dirum omen quemadmodum timuit, ita vitare non potuit: e simulacro enim Apollinis per se abrupto capite et ita infixo humi ut avelli nequiret, armis cum collega suo dissidens Cinna praesumpsit animo ea re significari exitium suum inque maestum augurium tristi fine vitae incidit, ac tum demum immobile dei caput terra refigi potuit.
As for Consul Octavius, he feared a dire omen but could not avoid it. The head from a statue of Apollo broke off of itself and fixed itself in the ground, so that it could not be pulled away. Being in armed conflict with his colleague Cinna, Octavius realised that his death was thus portended; and by his dismal end he encountered the sad augury. Only then could the gods immovable head be unfixed from the earth.
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