Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.5)
Text
Iuvenes frequenter ad lupanar veniebant. Cum his leno frequenter denuntiasset, ne accederent, foveam fecit et complevit ignibus. Adulescentes cum venissent, exusti sunt. Accusatur a parentibus eorum leno laesae rei publicae.
Translation
Some young men used to frequent a brothel. After the brothel keeper had frequently warned them not to come by, he constructed a pitfall and filled it with fire. When the youths came by again, they were burned alive. The brothel keeper is charged by their parents with the crime of harming the state.
Main Characters
Brothel keeper
Characters
Parents, Young men
Issues
Accusations
Leasae rei publicae - harming the state
Narrative themes
Brothel, Burning alive