1. Elsewhere, one heavy cause was between them, which was strong with quintus, the authority of Statius; whom Pomponia threw out of the house without a reason; he did not want to grant foreigners authority. He is neither able to concede; nor to make a different move.
2. At one time, the nose of P. Ovid, a Roman poet who was great at the time, was preparing to read a poem. P. Caelius Rufus, the father of Publius, his friend, knew the poet; and so Rufus proceeded with his friend and with his son to the building in which Ovidius lived. Great was the enthusiasm of Publius and Furianus; in fact, they saw and praised many poems of Ovid’s in the inn of Sosiorus, and they often desired to see Ovid himself. Rufus and the friend talked about the poet much in the street.
3. Are you not men? You do not like the Roman people and the bad masters. We do not deserve these injuries. Our cause is just. Is now not the hour? To arms! Fight! Show your spirit! Call your allies to help! We will free the slaves, we will be free, we will hasten to migrate to our sacred fatherland, and there we will work in our fields and live in peace.
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