ceterum a P. Licinio pontifice maximo flamen factus, quo facilius a vitiis recederet, ad curam sacrorum et caerimoniarum converso animo, usus duce frugalitatis religione, quantum prius luxuriae fuerat exemplum, tantum postea modestiae et sanctitatis specimen evasit.
But when he was made a Flamen by Chief Pontiff P. Licinius, to withdraw from his vices the more easily he turned his mind to the care of sacred things and ceremonies, using religion as his guide to good conduct. Earlier an example of dissipation, he later became no less a pattern of propriety and purity.
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