Sed initium detegendae saevitiae praebuit interversis patroni rebus ad accusandum transgrediens Fortunatus libertus, adscito Claudio Demiano quem ob flagitia vinctum a Vetere Asiae pro consule exsolvit Nero in praemium accusationis.
But the opportunity for laying bare his ferocity was supplied by the freedman Fortunatus; who, after embezzling his patrons property, now deserted him to turn accuser, and called to his aid Claudius Demianus, imprisoned for heinous offences by Vetus in his proconsulate of Asia, but now freed by Nero as the recompense of delation.
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