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5.
Exim Cotta Messalinus, saevissimae cuiusque sententiae auctor eoque inveterata invidia, ubi primum facultas
data arguitur pleraque in C. Caesarem quasi incestae virilitatis, et cum die natali Augustae inter sacerdotes epularetur,
novendialem eam cenam dixisse; querensque de potentia
M'. Lepidi ac L. Arruntii, cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam
disceptabat, addidisse: 'illos quidem senatus, me autem
tuebitur Tiberiolus meus.' quae cuncta a primoribus civitatis revincebatur iisque instantibus ad imperatorem provocavit. nec multo post litterae adferuntur quibus in
modum defensionis, repetito inter se atque Cottam amicitiae principio crebrisque eius officiis commemoratis, ne
verba prave detorta neu convivalium fabularum simplicitas
in crimen duceretur postulavit.
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