Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.11)
Text
Pauper et dives inimici. Pauperi tres filii. Quodam tempore, visi sunt amici. Petit dives a paupere filios in adoptionem et accepit. Unus in adulterio deprehensus est et occisus, alius affectatae tyrannidis reus factus est damnatus. Tertium pauper repetit. Dives contradicit.
Translation
A poor man and a rich man were enemies. The poor man had three sons. At a certain point they appeared to become friends. The rich man asks the poor man for his sons in adoption and took them in. One was caught red-handed in adultery and killed, another was tried and condemned on a charge of attempted tyranny. The poor man seeks the restoration of his third son. The rich man contests it.
Main Characters
Poor man, Rich man
Characters
Sons of the poor man
Issues
Accusations
Restoration of the son
Narrative themes
Adoption, Adultery, Attempted tyranny
Legal references
Adulterum cum adultera liceat occidere - adultery