Quoi Metellus petenti more regum ut sellam iuxta poneret, item postea custodiae causa turmam equitum Romanorum, utrumque negaverat; honorem, quod eorum more foret quos populus Romanus reges appellavisset, praesidium, quod contumeliosum in eos foret, si equites Romani satellites Numidae tradererentur.
When Gauda asked Metellus to be allowed the kingly privilege of sitting on an official chair next to him and afterward for a squadron of Roman Knights to serve as a bodyguard, Metellus refused both requests: the honor on the ground that by custom it belonged only to those who had been formally recognized as kings by the Romans; the guard, on the ground it would have been an insult to Roman Knights if they were handed over to a Numidian as his attendants.
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