The crowd replied that they had delivered their instructions to
Clemens, one of the centurions, which he was to convey
to Rome. He began
to speak of the soldiers' discharge after sixteen
years, of the rewards
of completed service, of the daily pay being a
denarius, and of the veterans
not being detained under a standard. When Drusus
pleaded in answer reference
to the Senate and to his father, he was interrupted by
a tumultuous shout.
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