sed quis dubitaret quin et Galli et victores illam admirationem mox in risum et in omne contumeliae genus conversuri essent? non exspectavit igitur hanc iniuriae maturitatem C. Atilius, verum barbam suam permulcenti Gallo scipionem vehementi ictu capiti inflixit eique propter dolorem ad se occidendum ruenti cupidius corpus obtulit.
But who could doubt that Gauls and victors would presently turn their amazement into ridicule and every sort of insult? So C. Atilius did not wait for such ripeness of outrage but brought his staff with a vigorous blow down on the head of a Gaul who was stroking his beard, and as the pain made the man rush to kill him, eagerly offered his body.
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