igitur iīs genus , aetās , ēloquentia prope aequālia fuēre ; magnitūdō animī pār , item glōria , sed alia aliī . 2 Caesar beneficiīs ac mūnificentiā magnus habēbātur , integritāte vītae Catō . ille mānsuētūdine et misericordiā clārus factus , huic sevēritās dignitātem addiderat . 3 Caesar dandō , sublevandō , ignōscundō , Catō nihil largiundō glōriam adeptus est . in alterō miserīs perfugium erat , in alterō mālīs perniciēs . illīus facilitās , huius cōnstantia laudābātur . 4 postrēmō Caesar in animum indūxerat labōrāre , vigilāre ; negōtiīs amīcōrum intentus sua neglegere , nihil dēnegāre quod dōnō dignum esset ; sibi magnum imperium , exercitum , bellum novom exoptābat ubi virtūs ēnitēscere posset . 5 at Catōnī studium modestiae , decōris , sed maxumē sevēritātis erat . 6 nōn dīvitiīs cum dīvite neque factiōne cum factiōsō , sed cum strēnuō virtūte , cum modestō pudōre , cum innocente abstinentiā certābat . esse quam vidērī bonus mālēbat ; ita , quō minus petēbat glōriam , eō magis illum assequēbātur .

After the senate ( as I have said ) had divided in favour of Cato’s proposal , the consul , deeming that the best thing to do was to forestall the impending night to prevent any revolutionary move during the course of it , ordered the triumvirs to prepare what the punishment demanded . After the deployment of guards , he personally escorted Lentulus to the gaol ; the same was done for the others by the praetors . There is in the gaol a place called the Tullianum , on the left when you have gone up a short way , and sunk into the ground about twelve feet . It is fortified on all sides by walls , and the roof above is spanned by stone vaulting ; but neglect , gloom and stench give it a foul and terrifying appearance . That was the place to which Lentulus was taken down , whereupon the executioners of capital cases , whose commission it was , broke his neck with a noose . So it was that a patrician from the most distinguished clan of the Cornelii , who had held consular command at Rome , met the end which his behaviour and deeds deserved . From Cethegus , Statilius , Gabinius and Caeparius punishment was exacted in the same way .

After the senate had adopted the recommendation of Cato , as I have said , the consul thought it best to forestall any new movement during the approaching night . He therefore ordered the to make the necessary preparations for the execution . After setting guards , he personally led Lentulus to the dungeon , while the praetors performed the same office for the others .
In the prison , when you have gone up a little way towards the left , ​88 there is a place called the Tullianum , ​ about twelve feet below the surface of the ground . It is enclosed on all sides by walls , and above it is a chamber with a vaulted roof of stone . Neglect , darkness , and stench make it hideous and fearsome to behold . 5 Into this place Lentulus was let down , and then the executioners​carried out their orders and strangled him . Thus that patrician , of the illustrious stock of the Cornelii , who had held consular authority at Rome , ended his life in a manner befitting his character and his crimes . Cethegus , Statilius , Gabinius , and Caeparius suffered the same punishment .