An consularis viri triumphalisque filius cum tertio consul creatur ascendit? non debitum hoc illi, non vel sola generis claritate promeritum? Contigit ergo privatis aperire annum fastosque reserare, et hoc quoque redditae libertatis indicium fuit quod consul alius quam Caesar esset.
Can a third consulship really be promotion for the son of a consular father granted a triumph? Is it not rather his due, his proper reward, if only as a member of a distinguished family? And so ordinary people enjoyed the honour of opening the year and heading the official calendar, and this too was proof of liberty restored: the consul now need not be Caesar.
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