Acer etiam et animosus vitae exitus Herennii Siculi, quo C. Gracchus et haruspice et amico usus fuerat: nam cum eo nomine in carcerem duceretur, in postem eius illiso capite in ipso ignominiae aditu concidit ac spiritum posuit, uno gradu a publico supplicio manuque carnificis citerior.
Fierce and courageous too was the departure of Herennius Siculus from life, who had been C. Gracchus soothsayer and friend. As he was being led to prison on that account, he dashed his head against the doorpost and fell at the very entrance of ignominy, resigning his life, one step behind a public punishment and the hand of the executioner
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