Tum vero excussus mentem, in certamina Paulo avia diducto, convertit Varro manuque cornipedem inflectens, das, inquit, patria, poenas, quae, Fabio incolumi, Varronem ad bella vocasti.
But now, when Paulus had parted from him and gone to fight far away, Varros reason tottered. He pulled at the bridle and turned his horse round and said: Rome, thou art punished now for having put Varro in command while Fabius still lived.
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