for Ammianus Marcellinus says that the Emperor Julian commanded ten of his soldiers, who had turned their backs in an encounter against the Parthians, to be first degraded, and afterward put to death, according, says he, to the ancient laws,-and yet elsewhere for the like offence he only condemned others to remain amongst the prisoners under the baggage ensign.
Mors, utinam pavidos vita subducere nolles, sed virtus te sola daret. Baina utz ditzagun kuraia laudagarri horiek.