(4) CIL I2 586, ?

159 BC: Epistula ad Tiburtes L(ucius) Cornelius Cn(aei) f(ilius) pr(aetor) sen(atum) cons(uluit) a(nte) Lucius-NOM Cornelius-NOM Gnaeus-GEN son-NOM praetor-NOM senate-ACC consult-3sg.PF before d(iem) III Nonas Maias sub aede Kastorus. day-ACC third-ACC Nones-ACC of-May-ACC beneath temple-ABL Castor-GEN scr(ibundo) adf(uerunt) A(ulus) Manlius A(uli) f(ilius), Sex(tus) writing-DAT be-present-3pl.IMPF Aulus-NOM Manlius-NOM Aulus-GEN son-NOM, Sextus-NOM Iulius..... L(ucius) Postumius S(puri) f(ilius). Iulius-NOM..... Lucius-NOM Postumius-NOM Spurius-GEN son-NOM quod Teiburtes u(erba) f(ecistis), quibusque de rebus 5 because Tiburtines-NOM words-ACC make-2pl.PF which-ABL-and about things-ABL uos purgauistis, ea senatus animum aduortit ita utei aequom you-ACC exculpate-2pl.PF those-ACC senate-NOM mind-ACC turn-3sg.PF thus as fair-NOM fuit; nosque ea ita audiueramus ut uos deixsistis uobeis be-3sg.PF; we-NOM-and those-things-ACC.pl thus hear-1pl.PLPF as you-NOM say2pl.PF you-DAT nontiata esse. ea nos animum nostrum non indoucebamus announced-ACC.pl be-INF. those-things-ACC we-NOM mind-ACC our-ACC not bring-1pl.IMPF ita facta esse propterea quod scibamus ea uos merito

thus done-ACC.pl be-INF on-this-account that know-1pl.IMPF those-things-ACC youNOM desert-ABL nostro facere non potuisse; neque uos dignos esse quei ea 10 our-ABL do-INF not be-able-INF.pf; nor you-ACC worthy-ACC be-INF who-NOM those-things-ACC faceretis neque id uobeis neque rei poplicae uostrae oitile do-2pl.IMPF.SUBJ nor that-thing-ACC you-DAT nor state-DAT your-DAT usefulACC esse facere. et postquam uostra uerba senatus audiuit, tanto magis be-INF do-INF. and after your-ACC words-ACC senate-NOM hear-3sg.PF, so-muchABL more animum nostrum indoucimus, ita utei ante arbitrabamur, de eieis rebus af mind-ACC our-ACC bring-1pl.PRS, thus as before think-1pl.IMPF, about those-ABL things-ABL by uobeis peccatum non esse. quonque de eieis rebus senatuei purgati you-ABL sinned-ACC.sg not be-INF. since-and about those-ABL things-ABL senateDAT cleared-NOM.pl estis, credimus, uosque animum uostrum indoucere oportet, 15 be-2pl.PRES, believe-1pl.PRES, you-ACC-and mind-ACC your-ACC bring-INF behove-3sg.PRES, item uos populo Romano purgatos fore.