Ego autem sicut in causis agendis efficere aliquid et eniti fortasse possum, ita recitatione tragoediarum et ingredi famam auspicatus sum, cum quidem imperante Nerone improbam et studiorum quoque sacra profanantem Vatinii potentiam fregi, <et> hodie si quid in nobis notitiae ac nominis est, magis arbitror carminum quam orationum  gloria partum.
Now while I might possibly accomplish something, though not without effort, as a barrister, yet on the other hand it was by dramatic readings that I took the first step on the path of fame, when in Neros reign I broke the power of Vatinius, that unconscionable usurper who was desecrating even the sanctity of letters; and any reputation or renown I may possess today is due, I fancy, to the fame of my poetry rather than to my speeches.
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