nam et Heraclammonem proditorem patriae suae sapiens victor occidit
Translation :
For, like a wise victor, he put to death Heraclammon, the betrayer of his native-place,
Edition :
Historia Augusta, Volume III: The Two Valerians. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders. The Deified Claudius. The Deified Aurelian. Tacitus. Probus. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus. Carus, Carinus and Numerian. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 263. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932.
Remark :
context: Tyana had closed its doors to Aurelian, who out of anger claimed: "In this town I will not leave even a dog alive." Instead, he gained it by betrayal, but then refused to destroy it or let his soldiers plunder it, supposedly because of the supernatural appearance of Apollonius of Tyana. Only Heraclammon was killed and to the disappointed soldiers he joked that they could kill the cities dogs. (22.5-24.6)
