At Bessus Alexandri celeritate perterritus, dis patriis sacrificio rite facto, sicut illis gentibus mos est, cum amicis ducibusque copiarum inter epulas de bello  consultabat.
But Bessus, greatly terrified by Alexanders speed, after having duly performed a sacrifice to the gods of the country, as is the custom with those nations, was feasting and holding council with his friends and with the leaders of his forces about the  war.
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