Cumque nihil promoveretur, iuris iurandi religionem principe destinatius praetendente, cum oblatam ei coronam aliquamdiu recusans, coactus denique suscepisset, Silvanus quidam causarum defensor, confidentius exclamavit: Ita inquit, imperator, a civitatibus residuis coroneris.
But when nothing came of this, since the emperor the more stoutly maintained the sanctity of his oath; and when for a time he had refused the crown that was offered him but was finally forced to accept it, one Silvanus, a pleader at the bar, was bold enough to say: Thus may you be crowned, O emperor, by the rest of the cities.
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