sic victima prorsus digna cadit Decius; nec enim te, sanguine laetum humano, sit fas caesis placasse iuvencis.
Decius is indeed the fit victim to be slain. For Hannibal delights in human blood, and we should do wrong to appease him by the sacrifice of oxen.
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