Sed ubi Tarquinius Crassum nominavit, hominem nobilem maxumis divitiis, summa potentia, alii rem incredibilem rati, pars tametsi verum existumabant, tamen quia in tali tempore tanta vis hominis magis leniunda quam exagitanda videbatur, plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii, conclamant indicem falsum esse, deque ea re postulant uti referatur.
But when Tarquinius named Crassus, a noble of tremendous wealth and extraordinary power, a cry arose that the informer was a liar and the demand was made for the matter to be laid before the senate'some raising their voices because they thought the whole thing incredible, others because it seemed best in such a crisis for so powerful a man to be conciliated rather than provoked (quite a few being under obligation to Crassus as a result of private business relations), even though they believed Tarquinius allegation to be true.
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