Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.52)
Text
INFAMIS NON MILITET. Vir fortis in piratas incidit. Rescripsit patriae de redemptione. Illa cessante, redemit eum lanista et rudem ei in arena dedit. Reverso belli tempore, denuntiat militiam imperator.
Translation
A PERSON IN AN OFFICIAL STATE OF DISGRACE MAY NOT PERFORM MILITARY SERVICE. A war hero fell into the hands of pirates. He wrote back to his native land about ransom. While the state dallied, the manager of a troop of gladiators paid his price and then, in the arena, gave him the wooden sword of discharge. When war time returned the commanding general officially summoned him to military service.
Main Characters
War hero
Characters
General, Manager of gladiators, Pirates
Issues
Accusations
Military service summoning
Narrative themes
Discharge, Gladiators, Heroism, Military service, Pirates, War
Legal references
Infamis non militet - military service