qui ortus equestri loco, cum M. Lucullum familiariter coluisset eumque M. Antonius, quia Bruti et Cassii partes secutus fuerat, interemisset, in magna fugiendi licentia exanimi amico adhaesit, huc usque in lacrimas et gemitus profusus ut nimia pietate causam sibi mortis arcesseret: nam propter praecipuam et perseverantem lamentationem ad Antonium pertractus est.
Born in equestrian station, he cultivated M. Lucullus and was on familiar terms with him. When M. Antonius put Lucullus to death because he had been a partisan of Brutus and Cassius, Volumnius, who was quite free to make his escape, stuck to his lifeless friend, weeping and groaning unrestrainedly, so that by excess of piety he brought upon himself the cause of his death. For on account of his exceptional and persistent lamentation he was dragged into Antonys presence.
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