ergo alacer Fabiumque morae increpitare professus, ad vulgum in patres, ut ovans iam, verba ferebat: vos, quorum imperium est, consul praecepta modumque bellandi posco.
Therefore he bestirred himself; and, professing to blame Fabius for delay, he attacked the Senate in a speech to the people, as if he were already victorious: The supreme power is yours, he said, and from you I, the consul, ask directions for the conduct of the war.
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