Note 709 — Chapter VI · THE GRACCHI, MARIUS, AND SYLLA. (621-676.)
Reading edition
Quod parcius telum recepisset. This expression appears to be borrowed from the combats of gladiators, which derived their origin from similar human sacrifices performed at the funerals. (See Cicero, Speech for Roscius Amerinus, 12.—Valerius Maximus, IX. xi. 2.)