di boni, quas tenebras e quo fulmine nasci passi estis! Age, Q. Fabii Maximi Allobrogici et civis et imperatoris clarissimi, filius Q. Fabius Maximus quam perditam luxuria vitam egit! cuius ut cetera flagitia oblitterentur, tamen abunde illo dedecore mores nudari possunt, quod ei Q. Pompeius praetor urbanus paternis bonis interdixit, neque in tanta civitate qui illud decretum reprehenderet inventus est: dolenter enim homines ferebant pecuniam, quae Fabiae gentis splendori servire debebat, flagitiis disici.
Gods above, what darkness you let be born from what a lightning flash! See now, what a life, ruined by dissipation, did Q. Fabius Maximus lead, the son of Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, a most distinguished citizen and general. Even though his other infamies be obliterated, his character can be abundantly exposed by the disgrace which the City Praetor Q. Pompeius put upon him, by forbidding him to enter into possession of his fathers estate. And in so large a community no one was found to criticize that ruling. For men were indignant that money which ought to have served the splendour of the Fabian clan should be infamously squandered.
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