namque infeliciter Cn. Pompeii generi sui defensis in Africa partibus, classe Hispaniam petens, cum animadvertisset navem qua vehebatur ab hostibus captam, gladio praecordia sua transverberavit, ac deinde prostratus in puppi quaerentibus Caesarianis militibus ubinam esset imperator respondit imperator se bene habet, tantumque eloqui valuit quantum ad testandam animi fortitudinem aeternae laudi satis erat.
He had unsuccessfully defended the cause of his son-in-law Cn. Pompeius in Africa and was making for Spain by sea. Seeing that the ship in which he was sailing had been taken by the enemy, he ran a sword through his breast. Then as he lay prostrate in the poop, he answered the Caesarian soldiers who asked where the general was, The general is all right. He could speak just so much as sufficed to testify to his bravery for his everlasting renown.
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