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And now Sestius is on his trial for violence! Why is this? Because he is
alive. But that is no fault of his. One last blow was wanting; and if that
had been added he would have yielded up his last breath. Accuse Lentidius;
he did not wound him in the right place; accuse Sabinius that fellow from
Reate, and ask why he was so
prompt to cry out that the man was dead. But why accuse Sestius himself? Was
not there enough of him for their swords? Did he resist? Did he not stand to
be killed as gladiators are often ordered to do?
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