Age, L. Quinctius Cincinnatus qualem consulem gessit! cum honorem eius patres conscripti continuare vellent, non solum propter illius egregia opera sed etiam quod populus eosdem tribunos in proximum annum creare conabatur, quorum neutrum iure fieri poterat, utrumque discussit, senatus simul studium inhibendo et tribunos verecundiae suae exemplum sequi cogendo, atque unus causa fuit ut amplissimus ordo populusque tutus esset ab iniusti facti reprehensione.
And now, what a Consul L. Quinctius Cincinnatus made! The Conscript Fathers wanted to continue him in office, not only because of his excellent performance but also because the people were trying to elect the same Tribunes for the coming year. Neither proceeding was legally possible and Cincinnatus dispelled both by simultaneously checking the zeal of the senate and obliging the Tribunes to follow his own modest example. He singly was the reason why the most honourable order and the people were saved from censure for an impropriety.
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