Exemit etiam Drusum, consulem designatum, dicendae primo loco sententiae; quod alii civile rebantur, ne ceteris adsentiendi necessitas fieret quidam ad saevitiam trahebant: neque enim cessurum nisi damnandi officio.
Similarly, he exempted Drusus, who was consul designate, from speaking first to the question. By some this was read as a concession relieving the rest of the members from the need of assenting: others took it to mark a sinister purpose on the ground that he would have ceded nothing save the duty of condemning.
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