Two men of noble rank died in that year, Cneius Lentulus and Lucius
Domitius. It had been the glory of Lentulus, to say
nothing of his consulship
and his triumphal distinctions over the Gaetuli, to
have borne poverty
with a good grace, then to have attained great wealth,
which had been blamelessly
acquired and was modestly enjoyed. Domitius derived
lustre from a father
who during the civil war had been master of the sea,
till he united himself
to the party of Antonius and |