C. Iulius Caesar, Commentāriōrum dē Bellō Gallicō 5.30
Tier 2
disputātiō habita est in utramque partem. sententia Sabīnī resisterētur vehementer ā Cottā.
tandem Sabīnus dīxit magnā vōce, “potēs vincere in hōc modō sed nōn timeō mortem...fortasse tū timēs mortem? sī aliquid gravis acciderit, omnēs virī pōscent ratiōnem ā tē. hī virī, sī liceat per tē, duōbus diēbus sustineant bellum cum proximīs hībernīs et nōn rēiectī sint ab cēterīs Rōmānīs; hī virī nōn mortuī sint aut ferrō aut famē.”
Tier 3
hāc in utramque partem disputātiōne habitā, cum (id) resisterētur ācriter ā Cottā prīmīsque ōrdinibus, Sabīnus “vīncite,” inquit, “sī ita vultīs,” et in clāriōre vōce, ut māgna pars mīlitum exaudīret; “neque is sum,” inquit, “quī ex vōbis gravissimē terrear mortis: hī sapient; sī aliqud gravius acciderit, repōscent ratiōnem abs tē quī, sī liceat per tē, perendinō diē cum, coniūnctī proximīs hībernīs, sustineant commūnem cāsum bellī cum reliquīs, (et) nōn rēiectī et relēgātī longē ab cēterīs, intereant aut ferrō aut famē.”
Tier 4
hāc in utramque partem disputātiōne habitā, cum ā Cottā prīmīsque ōrdinibus ācriter resisterētur, 'vincite,' inquit, 'sī ita vultis,' Sabīnus, et id clāriōre vōce, ut māgna pars mīlitum exaudīret; 'neque is sum,' inquit, 'quī gravissimē ex vōbis mortis perīculō terrear: hī sapient; sī gravius quid acciderit, abs tē ratiōnem repōscent quī, sī per tē liceat, perendinō diē cum proximīs hībernīs coniūnctī commūnem cum reliquīs bellī cāsum sustineant, nōn rēiectī et relēgātī longē ab cēterīs aut ferrō aut famē intereant.'
