Ob ea Vipstanus consul rettulit patrem senatus appellandum esse Claudium: quippe promiscum patris patriae cognomentum; nova in rem publicam merita non usitatis vocabulis honoranda: sed ipse cohibuit consulem ut nimium adsentantem.
In return, the consul Vipstanus proposed that Claudius should be called Father of the Senate:'The title Father of his Country he would have to share with others: new services to the state ought to be honoured by unusual phrases. But he personally checked the consul as carrying flattery to excess.
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