Quibus imperator rudis quidem, verum spectator adhuc aequissimus rerum, antequam adulationum perniciosis illecebris captus rem publicam funeribus perpetuo deflendis affligeret, in commune consultans pacem dari oportere decrevit.
The emperor was indeed inexperienced, but very reasonable as yet in his judgment of conditions, until he was led astray by the fatal blandishments of his flatterers and inflicted on his country losses ever to be lamented; therefore, consulting for the common welfare, he decided that peace ought to be granted.
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