His companions were flogged, and the lictor nearest to him was killed for venturing to make a way through the crowd. Indeed, if the guard provided by the general had not intervened, a Roman envoy, the sanctity of whose person even foreign nations respect, might have been wickedly murdered in the mad rage of civil strife under the very walls of Rome.
Haren segizioa barreiatzen dute, jendetza apartatzen ausartu zen lehen liktorea hiltzen eta, buruzagiak eskuraturiko goardiak defendatu ez balitu, gerra zibilaren suminak hiltzeraino profanatuko zukeen legatuen eskubidea, atzerrien artean ere sakratua, aberriaren harresien aurre-aurrean.