verum, fratri si vita supersit, qui tandem licitum socias coniungere vires consulibus? sed enim solum, dum vera patescant, cunctandi restare dolum Martemque trahendi.
But, if his brother were still living, how had he suffered the consuls to unite their forces? The only policy for him was to keep still until the truth was revealed, and to decline immediate battle.
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