2. (Par.) Three altogether had had intercourse with men; and of them Marcia had acted individually, granting her favors to one single knight[50] and would never have been discovered, had not the investigation into the cases of the others spread and overtaken her besides.  AEmilia and Licinia had a multitude of lovers and carried on their wanton behavior with each other’s help.  At first they surrendered themselves to some few privately and secretly, telling each man that he was the only one admitted.  Later they themselves bound every one who could suspect and inform against them to certain silence in advance by the price of intercourse with them, and those who had previously enjoyed their conversation, though they saw this, yet endured it in order not to be detected by a show of vexation.  So after holding commerce with many, now singly, now in groups, now privately, now publicly, Licinia enjoyed the society of the brother of AEmilia, and AEmilia that of Licinia’s brother.  These doings were hidden for a great period of time, and though many men and many women, both free and slaves, were in the secret, it was hidden for a very long period, until one Manius,[51] who seems to have been the first to assist and cooeperate in the whole evil, gave information of the matter because he had not obtained freedom nor any of the other objects of his hope.  He was, indeed, very skillful not only at leading women into prostitution, but also in slandering and ruining some of them. (Valesius, p. 626.)

[Footnote 50:  Namely, L. Betutius Barrus.]

[Footnote 51:  A slave of the aforesaid Barrus.]

[Sidenote:  FRAG.  LXXXVI] [Sidenote:  B.C. 112 (a.u. 642)] (Par.) This was calculated to bring him [sc.  Marcus Drusus] glory first of itself and second in the light of Cato’s disaster; and because he had shown great amiability toward the soldiers and seemed to have made success of more importance than truth, he also secured a renown greater than his deeds deserved. (Valesius, p. 629.)

[Sidenote:  FRAG.  LXXXVII] [Sidenote:  B.C. 108 (a.u. 646)] 1. (Par.) When Jugurtha sent to Metellus about peace the latter made separate demands upon him as if each were to be the last, and in this way got from him hostages, arms, the elephants, the captives, and the deserters.  All of these last he killed but did not grant a truce because Jugurtha, fearing to be arrested, refused to come to him and because Marius and Gnaeus[52] prevented. (Ursinus, p. 385.)

[Footnote 52:  Possibly an error for Gaudas.]

2.  For he [sc.  Marius] was in general seditious and turbulent, wholly friendly to the rabble from which he had sprung and wholly ready to overthrow the nobility.  He risked with perfect readiness any statement, promise, lie, or false oath in any matter where he hoped to gain a benefit.  Blackmailing one of the foremost citizens or commending some rascal he thought child’s play.  And let no one be surprised that such a man could conceal his villanies for a very long time:  for, as a result of his exceeding cunning and the good fortune which he enjoyed all through his early life, he actually acquired a reputation for virtue. (Valesius, p. 629.)