minus triennium in ea legatione detentus ac statim ad spem consulatus revocatus est, comitante opinione Britanniam ei provinciam dari, nullis in hoc suis sermonibus, sed quia par videbatur.
He was detained for less than three years in Aquitania and was then recalled with the immediate prospect of the consulship. There accompanied his recall the rumour that Britain was in store for him as his province, not that his conversation was ever directed to this goal, but simply because he was judged competent.
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