Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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opitulati sunt_. In allusion to the laws passed at various times for
diminishing the rate of interest. [168] Silver--was paid with brass--_Agentum aere solutum est_. Thus a _sestertius_, which was of silver, and was worth four _asses_, was paid with one _as_, which was of brass; or _the fourth part only of the debt was paid_. See Plin. H. N. xxxiii. 3; and Velleius Paterculus, ii. 23; who says, _quadrantem solvi_, that _a quarter_ of their debts were paid by the debtors, by a law of Valerius Flaccus, when he became consul on the death of Marius. [169] Often--have the commonalty--seceded, etc.--"This happened three times: 1. To the Mons Sacer, on account of debt; Liv. ii. 32. 2. To the Aventine, and thence to the Mons Sacer, through the tyranny of Appius Claudius, the decemvir; Liv. iii. 50. 3. To the Janiculum, on account of debt; Liv. Epist. xi." _Bernouf_. [170] XXXIV. That such had always been the kindness, etc.--_Ea, mansuetudine atque misericordia senatum populumque Romanum, semper fuisse._ "That the senate, etc., had always been of such kindness." I have deserted the Latin for the English idiom. [171] XXXV. The commencement of this letter is different in different editions. In Havercamp it stands thus: _Egregiatua fides, re cognita, grata mihi, magnis in meis periculis, fiduciam commendationi meae tribuit._ Cortius corrected it as follows: _Egregia tua fides, re cognita, gratam in magnis periculis fiduciam commendationi meae tribuit._ Cortius's reading has been adopted by Kritzius, Bernouf, and most other editors. Gerlach and Dietsch have recalled the old text. That Cortius's is the better; few will deny; for it can hardly be |
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