Quae dum ambiguntur, nulla variante sententia, itum est voluntate omnium in Salutium, eoque causante morbos et senectutem, honoratior aliquis miles, advertens destinatius reluctantem, Et quid ageretis, ait si id bellum vobis curandum, commisisset absens (ut saepe factum est) imperator? Nonne posthabitis ceteris, militem instantibus aerumnis eriperetis? Id nunc agite et si Mesopotamiam videre licuerit, utriusque exercitus consociata suffragia legitimum principem declarabunt.
After some discussion, all by general agreement united on Salutius, and when he pleaded illness and old age, one of the soldiers of higher rank, perceiving Salutius determined opposition, said: What would you do if the emperor (as often happens) had in his absence committed to you the conduct of this war? Would you not put aside everything else and save the soldiers from the threatening dangers? Do that now, and if we are permitted to see Mesopotamia, the united votes of both armies will decide upon a lawful emperor.
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