He had certainly lost the timidity which once left him speechless before me, on the occasion of his embassy to the Sarmatian frontier on behalf of the youth of Athens to congratulate me on my accession; but his growing vanity now seemed to me no more than mildly ridiculous.
Ondotxo galdua zuen behinolako bere herabetasun hura, Athenasko efeberiaren ordezkari gisa, nire enperadore-izendapena zela-eta, sarmatar mugaldeetara zorionak ematera etorri zitzaidanean ageri zuèn hura, abagune hartan zeharo lotsati azaldu baitzen nire aurrean;