Hispala explained to Aebutius that she used to belong as a servant for her mistress Paculla Annia in the cult, but earned her freedom and never once returned. Hispala would not stop trying to convince Aebutius to not take part in the initiation until he had promised her he would not participate in the rituals/rites. On another note, Nousek claims that Aebutius and Hispala's relationship may have come from a Roman drama. Livy claims that after Hispala refused to stop until Aebutius promised he would not join in the Bacchanalia, he went home and told his parents that he would not join as an initiate. Aebutius is kicked out of the house which results in him going to his aunt Aebutia's house. Both Aebutius and Aebutia go to tell the Consul Spurius Postumius of what goes on in the Cult of Bacchus’s initiations. After this, Postumius confronts Sulpicia, Aebutius’ aunt and sends for Hispala to clarify the exact things that went on in the initiation rites. Hispala is nervous and very anxious about being called for because Sulpicia is a high class woman. Upon arrival at the house, Sulpicia, Postumius, and Hispala go elsewhere inside the home to discuss the initiation rites; Postumius requires information from Hispala on the Bacchanalia. Livy claims that Hispala said the following words in her testimony:"Those rites were performed by women. No man used to be admitted. They had three stated days in the year on which persons were initiated among the Bacchanalians, in the daytime. The matrons used to be appointed priestesses, in rotation. Paculla Minia, a Campanian, when priestess, made an alteration in every particular, as if by the direction of the Gods. For she first introduced men; changed the time of celebration, from day to night; and, instead of three days in a year, appointed 5 days of initiation in each month. From the time that the rites thus made common, and men were intermixed with women, and the licentious freedom of the night was added, there was nothing wicked, nothing flagitious, that had not been practiced among them. There was more frequent pollution of men with each other than with women. If any were less patient in submitting to this dishonour, or more averse to the commission of vice, they were sacrificed as victims.