Vie de César Section 1

οὐ μὴν ἀπέβη τι ταραχῶδες ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τύχη τις ἄχαρις τῷ Καίσαρι συνηνέχθη περὶ τὸν οἶκον. Πόπλιος Κλώδιος ἦν ἀνὴρ γένει μὲν εὐπατρίδης καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ λόγῳ λαμπρός, ὕβρει δὲ καὶ θρασύτητι τῶν ἐπὶ βδελυρίᾳ περιβοήτων οὐδενὸς δεύτερος.

However, there were no disturbances in consequence of Caesar’s praetorship, but an unpleasant incident happened in his family. Publius Clodius was a man of patrician birth, and conspicuous for wealth and eloquence, but in insolence and effrontery he surpassed all the notorious scoundrels of his time.

Cependant, le prétorat de César n’entraîna aucun trouble, mais un incident fâcheux se produisit dans sa famille. Publius Clodius était un homme de naissance patricienne, remarquable par sa richesse et son éloquence, mais il surpassait en insolence et en effronterie tous les scélérats notoires de son temps.