Properantibus Blaesus advenit, increpabatque ac retinebat singulos, clamitans: Mea potius caede imbuite manus: leviore flagitio legatum interficietis quam ab imperatore desciscitis.
They were working busily when Blaesus arrived. He broke into reproaches, and in some cases dragged the men back by force. Dye your hands in my blood, he exclaimed; it will be a slighter crime to kill your general than it is to revolt from your emperor.
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