C. autem Mario Cn. Carbone consulibus civili bello cum L. Sulla dissidentibus, quo tempore non rei publicae victoria quaerebatur sed praemium victoriae res erat publica, senatus consulto aurea atque argentea templorum ornamenta, ne militibus stipendia deessent, conflata sunt: digna enim causa erat, hine an illi crudelitatem suam proscriptione civium satiarent, ut di immortales spoliarentur!
When Consuls C. Marius and Cn. Carbo were contending with L. Sulla in civil war, a war not fought for the victory of the commonwealth but with the commonwealth as victorys reward, gold and silver temple ornaments were melted down by decree of the senate to provide pay for the troops. To be sure it was a worthy cause to despoil the immortal gods: for one side or the other to glut their cruelty by proscription of their fellow countrymen!
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