Apud maiores nostros A. Manlius Torquatus bello Gallico filium suom, quod is contra imperium in hostem pugnaverat, necari iussit, atque ille egregius adulescens inmoderatae fortitudinis morte poenas dedit.
In the days of our forefathers Aulus Manlius Torquatus, during the war with the Gauls, ordered the execution of his own son, because he had fought against the enemy contrary to orders, and that singular young man paid the death penalty for immoderate valor.
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