Pudebat Macedones tam praeclaram urbem a comissabundo rege deletam esse; itaque res in serium versa est, et imperaverunt sibi, ut crederent illo potissimum modo fuisse delendam.
The Macedonians were ashamed that so renowned a city had been destroyed by their king in a drunken revel; therefore the act was taken as earnest, and they forced themselves to believe that it was right that it should be wiped out in exactly that manner.
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