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Sulpicius et privatus et in magistratibus fuerit: cum talis
vir ob rem publicam in legatione mortem obierit, senatui
placere Ser. Sulpicio statuam pedestrem aeneam in rostris ex
huius ordinis sententia statui, circumque eam statuam locum
ludis gladiatoribusque1 liberos posterosque eius quoquo2 versus
pedes quinque habere, eamque causam in basi inscribi quod
is ob rem publicam mortem obierit3, utique C. Pansa A.
Hirtius consules, alter ambove, si eis videatur4, quaestoribus
urbanis5 imperent ut eam basim statuamque faciendam et in
rostris statuendam locent, quantique locaverint, tantam
pecuniam redemptori6 attribuendam solvendamque7 curent.
Cumque antea senatus auctoritatem suam in virorum fortium
funeribus ornamentisque ostenderit, placere eum quam
amplissime supremo suo die efferri.
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