Magnam laudem et illud collegium tribunorum tulit, quod cum unus ex eo L. Cotta fiducia sacrosanctae potestatis creditoribus suis satis facere nollet, decrevit, si neque solveret pecuniam neque daret cum quo sponsio fieret, se appellantibus eum creditoribus auxilio futurum, iniquum ratum maiestatem publicam privatae perfidiae obtentu< i> esse.
Another board of Tribunes won great acclaim because when one of its members, L. Cotta, trusting in his sacrosanct power, refused to satisfy his creditors, they decreed that if he neither paid the money nor produced someone to stand surety, they would come to the aid of his creditors when they demanded their due. For they thought it unfair that public majesty should be a cover for private bad faith.
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