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Cicero
On the Republic Passage 60
Passage 136 of 251
Canonical reference 2.60
Latin
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Quo in statu rei publicae Sp. Cassium de occupando regno molientem, summa apud populum gratia florentem, quaestor accusavit, eumque, ut audistis, cum pater in ea culpa esse conperisse se dixisset, cedente populo morte mactavit. Gratamque etiam illam legem quarto circiter et quinquagesimo anno post primos consules de multa et sacramento Sp. Tarpeius et A. Aternius consules comitiis centuriatis tulerunt. Annis postea xx ex eo, quod L. Papirius P. Pinarius censores multis dicendis vim armentorum a privatis in publicum averterant, levis aestumatio pecudum in multa lege C. Iulii P. Papirii consulum constituta est.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
In this condition of the republic, a quaestor accused Spurius Cassius, who enjoyed the highest popularity among the people, of plotting to seize kingship. As you have heard, when his father said he had discovered him guilty of that offense, he put him to death with the people's acquiescence. About fifty-four years after the first consuls, the consuls Spurius Tarpeius and Aulus Aternius carried before the centuriate assembly that welcome law concerning fines and forfeitures. Twenty years later, because the censors Lucius Papirius and Publius Pinarius, by imposing fines, had diverted great numbers of cattle from private ownership to the public treasury, a low valuation of livestock in fines was established by a law of the consuls Gaius Julius and Publius Papirius.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Dans cet état de la république, Spurius Cassius, qui jouissait auprès du peuple d’une faveur extrême, préparait la conquête du pouvoir royal. Le questeur l’accusa et, comme vous l’avez entendu, son père, déclarant avoir découvert sa culpabilité, le fit mettre à mort avec l’assentiment du peuple. Environ cinquante-quatre ans après les premiers consuls, Spurius Tarpeius et Aulus Aternius, alors consuls, firent aussi voter par les comices centuriates une loi bien accueillie concernant l’amende et le dépôt judiciaire. Vingt ans plus tard, comme les censeurs Lucius Papirius et Publius Pinarius avaient transféré au domaine public une grande quantité de bétail privé en infligeant des amendes, la loi des consuls Caius Julius et Publius Papirius fixa une faible estimation du bétail servant au paiement des amendes.
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