P. Servilius, consularis censorius triumphalis, qui maiorum suorum titulis Isaurici cognomen adiecit, cum forum praeteriens testes in reum dari vidisset, loco testis constitit ac summam inter patronorum pariter et accusatorum admirationem sic orsus est: hunc ego, iudices, qui causam dicit, cuias sit aut quam vitam egerit quamque merito vel iniuria accusetur ignoro: illud tantum scio, cum occurrisset mihi Laurentina via iter facienti admodum angusto loco, equo descendere noluisse.
P. Servilius, ex-Consul and ex-Censor, triumphator, who added the surname of Isauricus to the titles of his ancestors, as he passed by the Forum saw witnesses giving evidence against a defendant. He took the stand as a witness and to the great surprise of the advocates, both prosecuting and defending, spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the jury, I dont know where this man on trial comes from or what life he has led or how rightly or wrongly he stands accused: I know only this much, that when he met me as I was travelling on the Laurentine Way in a pretty narrow passage, he refused to get off his horse.
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