qui legati ad Ptolomaeum regem missi munera, quae ab eo privatim acceperant, in aerarium, et quidem prius quam ad senatum legationem referrent, detulerunt, scilicet de publico ministerio nihil cuiquam praeter laudem bene administrati officii accedere debere iudicantes.
Sent as envoys to king Ptolemy, they put all the gifts they had received from him privately into the treasury, and that before they reported on their mission to the senate. Evidently they held that nobody should gain anything from public service except praise for duty well done.
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