Illam vero ultionem et senatus et consensus omnium approbavit: cum enim Hadrianus cives Romanos, qui Uticae consistebant, sordido imperio vexasset idcircoque ab iis vivus esset exustus, nec quaestio ulla in urbe hac de re habita nec querella versata est.
Both the senate and public opinion as a whole approved the following act of revenge. Hadrianus had harried Roman citizens living in Utica with his avarice as governor and on that account had been burned alive by them. No enquiry was made on the matter in Rome nor did anybody complain.
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