He desired to know the reason of all that he observed. When the watch was stationed, why was it announced by a centurion? Why did the company, when the banquet closed, rise from table at the sound of a trumpet? And why was the fire on the augural altar lighted with a torch? The Roman general answered all inquiries, not without partiality for his country.
erregeak, beretzat berria zen zerbait hautematen zuen bakoitzean, azalpena eskatzen zuenean, hala nola zenturioiak gaueko guardiak iragartzea, otordu amaiera adierazten zuen tronpeta-hotsa, edo augurale aurrean eraikitako aldarea zuziz piztea, Korbulonek dena handituz erantzuten zion, eta gure ohitura zaharren miresmenez bete zuen.