Cuius salutarem fiduciam praefectus imitatus Florentius, cum in re quadam venia digna audisset, eum percitum ira, iussisse itidem ternos per ordines urbium interfici plurimarum, Et quid agetur ait si oppidum aliquod curialis non habuerit tantos? Inter reliqua id quoque suspendi debet, ut cum habuerit, occidantur.
Eupraxius helpful self-confidence was imitated by the prefect Florentius when he heard that, because of some pardonable offence, the emperor had flown into a passion and ordered the execution likewise of three decurions in each of a number of cities; for he said: What is to be done, then, if any town does not have so many decurions? To the rest this also should be added, that they shall be killed, when the town has them.
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