In the naval engagement that Augustus won of Sextus Pompeius in Sicily, just as they were to begin the fight, he was so fast asleep that his friends were compelled to wake him to give the signal of battle:
Sizilian Sesto Ponpeioren aurka Augustok irabazi itsas guduan, borrokara joateko zorian, halako lo pisuak hartu zuen, non adiskideek iratzarri behar baitzuten gudu-zeinua egin zezan.