idem caput M. Antonii abscisum laetis manibus inter epulas per summam animi ac verborum insolentiam aliquamdiu tenuit, clarissimique et civis et oratoris sanguine contaminari mensae sacra passus <est>, atque etiam P. Annium, qui id attulerat, in sinum suum recentis caedis vestigiis aspersum recepit.
He also held the severed head of M. Antonius for some time between his exultant hands at dinner, in gross insolence of mind and words, and allowed the rites of the table to be polluted with the blood of an illustrious citizen and orator. And he even took to his bosom P. Annius, who had brought it, bespattered as he was with the marks of recent slaughter.
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