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Non patiuntur me tenuioribus exemplis diutius insistere fortissimi duces. si quidem Epaminondas, cum ei ciues irati sternendarum in oppido uiarum contumeliae causa curam mandarent,—erat enim illud ministerium apud eos sordidissimum— sine ulla cunctatione id recepit daturumque se operam ut breui speciosissimum fieret adseuerauit. mirifica deinde procuratione abiectissimum negotium pro amplissimo ornamento expetendum Thebis reddidit.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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