Consentaneo vocis iactu C. Cassii aurem Fortuna pervellit, quem orantibus Rhodiis ne ab eo cunctis deorum simulacris spoliarentur Solem a se relinqui respondere voluit, ut rapacissimi victoris insolentiam dicti tumore protraheret.
By saying something similar, Fortune pinched the ear of C. Cassius. When the Rhodians pleaded with him not to take away all their statues of the gods, she caused him to retort that he was leaving behind the Sun, thus combining the audacity of a greedy conqueror with that of his statement.