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Nam
cum M. Tullius filius Ciceronis Asiam obtineret,
homo qui nihil ex paterno ingenio habuit praeter
urbanitatem, cenabat apud eum Cestius. M. Tullio et
natura memoriam dempserat, et ebrietas si quid ex ea
supererat subducebat; subinde interrogabat, qui ille
uocaretur qui in imo recumberet, et cum saepe
subiectum illi nomen Cestii excidisset, nouissime
seruus, ut aliqua nota memoriam eius faceret certiorem,
interroganti domino, quis ille esset qui in imo
recumberet, ait: ‘hic est Cestius qui patrem tuum
negabat litteras scisse;’ adferri ocius flagra iussit et
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Ciceroni, ut oportuit, de corio Cestius satisfecit.
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