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Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.3 Miles Marii adulescens propinquum Marii tribunum vim sibi inferentem peremit. Reus est caedis. C.D. A young soldier in Marius' army violently killed a relative of Marius, a colonel, who tried to assault him forcibly. He is charged with murder. He con... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.4 "Damnatus parricidii anno custodiatur". Qui sub noverca damnatus est, vult illum pater domi custodire. Ille petit, ut publico carcere servetur. “A person convicted of parricide shall be kept in custody for a year”. A certain man was convicted of parricide during the ascendancy of a stepmother ... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.5 Iuvenes frequenter ad lupanar veniebant. Cum his leno frequenter denuntiasset, ne accederent, foveam fecit et complevit ignibus. Adulescentes cum veni... 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 ... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.6 Adulescens dives nobilis hospitatus apud exulem. Exul scripsit senatui velle se indicare de affectata tyrannide. Senatus revocandum censuit, hoc divit... A rich, noble young man stayed as a guest at the home of an exiled man. The exile wrote to the senate that he wanted to disclose evidence about an att... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.7 Pauper et dives inimici. Pauperi duo filii. Dives imperator creatus. Rumor ortus est prodi rem publicam a pauperis filiis. Utrumque torquens pernegant... A poor man and a rich man were enemies. The poor man had two sons. The rich man was appointed commanding general. A rumor arose that the poor man's so... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.8 Ter triumphalis, ter consularis, cum haberet liberos aeque ter triumphales, ter consulares, suspendit se. Liberatus a liberis, ab iisdem reus fit deme... A man who had celebrated three triumphs and had been consul three times hung himself, although he had sons who had likewise celebrated three triumphs ... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.9 Cum luxurioso filio pater abdita matre secessit in secretum. Excaecatus rediit. Petit a filio talionem. Mater se fecisse dicit. After the mother was put into isolation along with their wastrel son, the father of the family retired into seclusion. He returned, blinded. He seeks ... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.10 Cui erant tres filii, amissis duobus, flendo oculos perdidit. Somniavit se recepturum oculos, si tertius filius perisset. Somnium uxori indicavit, ill... A certain man who had three sons lost his eyesight through weeping after he had lost two of them. He dreamed that he would regain his sight if his thi... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.11 Pauper et dives inimici. Pauperi tres filii. Quodam tempore, visi sunt amici. Petit dives a paupere filios in adoptionem et accepit. Unus in adulterio... 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 ma... View
Controversia II AD Calpurnius FlaccusExc.12 Veneficii rea torqueatur donec conscios indicet. Amissa uxore, ex qua habebat filium, duxit alteram et de ea suscepit filiam. Adoleverunt ambo infante... "A woman accused of poisoning shall be tortured till she gives up her accomplices". A man, having lost the wife by whom he had a son, married another ... View