quamquam quid interfuit utrum repulsam an sic adeptam praeturam domum referret? quam cum propinqui ab eo pollui animadverterent, id egerunt ne aut sellam ponere aut ius dicere auderet, insuperque e manu eius anulum, in quo caput Africani sculptum erat, detraxerunt.
And yet what difference did it make whether he brought home a rejection or a Praetorship so obtained? Aware that he defiled the office, his relatives saw to it that he should not dare to set up his chair or give judgment, and furthermore they took from his hand a ring engraved with Africanus head.
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