After relating the arrest and execution of Catiline’s co-conspirators, Eutropius tells the fate of Catiline.
Ab Antōniō, alterō cōnsule, Catilīna ipse victus proeliō est et interfectus.
Ipsīus imperātōris animus ad pācem inclinātior erat.
Nec tu illī nec mihi virō ipsī crēdis?
Quā dē causā Helvetiī quoque reliquōs Gallōs virtūte praecēdunt, quod fere cotidiānīs proeliīs cum Germanīs contendunt, cum aut suīs fīnibus eōs prohibent, aut ipsī in eōrum fīnibus bellum gerunt.
Ipse emphasizing the reflexive pronoun
Patiēns et fortis sē ipsum fēlicem facit.
inclinātior — more inclined (nom. sg. masc.)
praecēdo, praecedere — to surpass
fere — almost
cotidiānus, -a, -um — daily
contendō, contendere — to contend, strive
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