L. autem Reginus, si ad debitam publico ministerio sinceritatem exigatur, posteritatis convicio lacerandus, si amicitiae fido pignore aestimetur, in optimo laudabilis conscientiae portu relinquendus est: tribunus enim plebis Caepionem in carcerem coniectum, quod illius culpa exercitus noster a Cimbris et Teutonis videbatur deletus, veteris artaeque amicitiae memor publica custodia liberavit, nec hactenus amicum egisse contentus etiam fugae eius comes accessit.
L. Reginus must be torn by the reproaches of posterity if he be judged by the canon of fidelity due to the public service; but if he be assessed according to faithful pledge of friendship, he must be left in the best of havens, a laudable conscience. As Tribune of the Plebs, mindful of an old and close friendship, he liberated from public custody Caepio, who had been thrown into prison because he was held to blame for the destruction of our army by the Cimbri and Teutones. And not content to play the friend so far, he also became Caepios companion in exile.
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