However; the danger on one side, the danger from Sertorius and from Spain , which had much the most solid foundation and the most formidable strength,
 was warded off by the divine wisdom and extraordinary valour of Cnaeus Pompeius. And on the
 other side of the empire, affairs were so managed by Lucilius Lucullus, that most illustrious of
 men, that the beginning, of all those achievements in those countries, great and eminent as they
 were, deserve to be attributed not to his good fortune but to his valour; but the latter events
 which have taken place lately, ought to be imputed not to his fault, but to his ill-fortune.
 However, of Lucullus I will speak hereafter, and I will speak, O Romans, in such a manner, that
 his true glory shall not appear to be at all disparaged by my pleading, nor, on the other hand,
 shall any undeserved credit seem to be given to him.