Quam consuetudinem Massiliensium non in Gallia ortam sed ex Graecia translatam inde e<xi>stimo, quod illam etiam in insula Cea servari animadverti, quo tempore Asiam cum Sex. Pompeio petens Iulide<m> oppidum intravi: forte enim evenit ut tunc summae dignitatis ibi femina sed ultimae iam senectutis, reddita ratione civibus cur excedere vita deberet, veneno consumere se destinarit, mortemque suam Pompeii praesentia clariorem fieri magni aestimaret.
I believe this usage of the Massilians did not originate in Gaul but was borrowed from Greece because I saw it also observed in the island of Cea when I entered the town of Iulis on my way to Asia with Sex. Pompeius. For it so happened on that occasion that a lady of the highest rank there but in extreme old age, after explaining to her fellow citizens why she ought to depart from life, determined to put an end to herself by poison and set much store on having her death gain celebrity by the presence of Pompeius.
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