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huic T. Furfanlo: Furfanius was present, being one of the judices. He was a person of some importance. He was afterwards governor of Sicily.

mortuum, a corpse.

qua invidia, etc., by the odium of which (the presence of the dead body) a flame [of calumny] would be kindled. Odium is often spoken of as a flame (cf. "inflamed with hate ").

huic tali viro, even a man like him.

Appium: Ap. Claudius Pulcher, elder brother of Clodius, but not always on good terms with him.

vestibulum, courtyard, or open space in front of the house.

sororis, probably his second sister, wife of Q. Metellus Celer, who lived next her brother on the Palatine.


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