Stabant pro contione legiones destrictis gladiis: reus in suggestu per tribunum ostendebatur; si nocentem adclamaverant, praeceps datus trucidabatur.
The legions were stationed in front with drawn swords; the accused was displayed on the platform by a tribune; if they cried Guilty, he was thrown down and hacked to death.
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