Gaius Valerius Catullus, 53 "To Gaius Licinius Calvus: Laughing in Court"

Catullus laughed at a member of the court audience’s sudden outburst.

 

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modo risi aliquem e turba populi in iudicio,

 

aliquem qui, admiratus, sustulit manus eius et ait haec:

 

“di magni, parvulus vir eloquens est!”

 

cum meus Calvus explicavisset mirabile in modo crimina Vatiniana.

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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