Ob haec regi an popularibus carior esset, dubitari poterat; tum certe primum expertus suorum animos, adeo ut fortunam in quam postea ascendit in illo periculo Macedones ominati esse videantur.
Because of these qualities it could be doubted whether he was dearer to the king or to the people; at all events, it was at that time that he first realized the affection of his countrymen; which was so great that in that time of his peril the Macedonians seemed to have presaged the rank to which he afterwards rose.
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