Sed omnis memoriae clarissimis imperatoribus profecto non erit ingratum si militis summa erga fratrem suum pietas huic parti voluminis adhaeserit: is namque in castris Cn. Pompeii stipendia peragens, cum Sertorianum militem acrius sibi in acie instantem comminus interemisset iacentemque spoliaret, ut fratrem germanum esse cognovit, multum ac diu convicio deos ob donum impiae victoriae insecutus, prope castra transtulit et pretiosa veste opertum rogo imposuit.
But surely the most illustrious commanders of all memory will not be offended if the eminent piety of a soldier towards his brother be attached to this part of my book. He was serving in the army of Cn. Pompeius and had killed hand to hand a Sertorian soldier who was fiercely attacking him in battle. Stripping him as he lay, he recognized that it was his own brother. Bitterly and long he upbraided the gods for their gift of an impious victory, then carried the body close to the camp, covered it with a costly cloth, and placed it on a pyre.
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