Tum Messalla: Sequar praescriptam a te, Materne, formam; neque enim diu contra dicendum est Apro, qui primum, ut opinor, nominis controversiam movit, tamquam parum proprie antiqui vocarentur quos satis constat ante centum annos  fuisse.
Thereupon Messalla spoke as follows: I shall keep to the lines you have laid down, Maternus; Apers argument does not need any lengthy refutation. He began by raising an objection which hinges, as it seems to me, on a mere name. Aper thinks it incorrect to apply the term ancients to persons who are known to have lived only one hundred years ago.
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