Sulla proeliaturus simulacrum Apollinis Delphis ablatum suppliciter orabat in conspectu militum ut promissa praestaret, videbaturque inire bellum <eo> fretus.
When Sulla was about to fight a battle, he would supplicate in front of his troops an image of Apollo taken from Delphi, praying that he make good his promises, and seemed to enter battle in reliance thereon.
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