Sed neque tum fuisse dubitaverim qui eius modi preces occulti inluderent; ac tamen initia fastigii Caesaribus erant magisque in oculis vetus mos et privignis cum vitrico levior necessitudo quam avo adversum nepotem.
But even then, I should imagine, there must have been some who secretly scoffed at these princely petitions; and yet those were the early days of the Caesarian domination, early custom was more in the eyes of men, and the relationship of a stepfather and his stepsons is a slighter thing than that of a grandfather and a grandchild.
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