in quo oppido cum Fulvius Flaccus Campanam perfidiam principes civitatis ante tribunal suum capitali supplicio adficiendo vindicaret, litterisque a senatu acceptis finem poenae eorum statuere cogeretur, ultro se ei C. Vibellius Taurea Campanus obtulit, et quam potuit clara voce quoniam inquit, Fulvi, tanta cupiditate hauriendi sanguinis nostri teneris, quid cessas in me cruentam securem destringere, ut gloriari possis fortiorem aliquanto virum quam ipse es tuo iussu esse interemptum? eo deinde libenter id se fuisse facturum, nisi senatus voluntate impediretur, adfirmante, at me inquit, cui nihil patres conscripti praeceperunt, aspice, oculis quidem tuis gratum, animo vero tuo maius opus edentem,
In that city, Fulvius Flaccus punished the leaders of the community who betrayed the Campanians by imposing the death penalty on them in front of his tribunal. However, he received a letter from the Senate which obligated him to end their sufferings. In order to put an end to their sufferings, T. Vibellius Taurea, a Campanian, spontaneously volunteered himself by shouting as loud as possible, "Fulvius, if you have so strong an urge to spill our blood, why hesitate to direct your bloody ax on me, so that you can proudly claim that a braver man than yourself has been killed by your command?" Fulvius then stated that he would have gladly killed him if the Senate had not intervened. "But I have not received any orders from the Conscript Fathers," Vibellius replied. "Watch me closely as I do something pleasing to your eyes but greater than your courage."