For proof of still greater merit, the deputies appealed to the testimony of Lucius Sylla When the legions under that commander, well nigh reduced to famine by the severity of the winter, and distressed for want of clothing, were in danger of being destroyed, their condition was no sooner known at Smyrna, than the people then assembled in a public convention, with one generous impulse, threw off their clothes, and sent them to supply the necessities of the Roman army.
Aldi berean, Luzio Sila lekuko jartzen zuten, nola, gure armada, neguaren gogorragatik eta jantzien urriagatik, kinka larrian aurkitzen eta hori Esmirnako batzarrean iragarri zenean, han zeuden guztiek soinekoak erantzi eta gure legioei bidali zizkieten.