Episode 9.3: Rēs Pūblica

 

tum Brūtus mūtātus est. Bellātor hoc vīdit: vir quī stultus vidēbātur subitō nōn iam stultus erat.

 

omnēs Rōmānī Brūtum stultum putābant. sed hoc nōn vērum erat. Brūtus mentem ācrem habēbat, sed eam cēlābat; ita, sub rēgibus, tūtus mānsit. stultus vidērī volēbat, et vīvere.

 

nunc autem locūtus est, semel, vōce parvā. et omnēs virī tacuērunt, quia Brūtus id dīxit quod nēmō in urbe dīcere audēbat.

 

"dum rēx est," inquit, "nēmō tūtus est."

 

verba parva erant; sed Bellātor sēnsit haec verba initium esse. perīculōsior est vēritās quam silentium; et tamen Brūtus iam tacēre nōlēbat.

 


 perge.

 

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